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Comparison of Antisense Vectors and Antisense Oligonucleotides Delivered by Means of the New Cationic Lipids Unifectin and Maxifectin

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Gene Therapy of Cancer

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Cationic lipids are extremely useful tools for delivery of plasmid DNA, RNA, oligonucleotides and other macromolecules into eukaryotic cells.

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Abbreviations

FCS:

Fetal calf serum

UTR:

untranslated region

PCR:

polymerase chain reaction

RP-HPLC:

reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography

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Flechsler, I., Surovoy, A., Charissé, K., Bayer, E., Jung, G. (1998). Comparison of Antisense Vectors and Antisense Oligonucleotides Delivered by Means of the New Cationic Lipids Unifectin and Maxifectin. In: Walden, P., Trefzer, U., Sterry, W., Farzaneh, F., Zambon, P. (eds) Gene Therapy of Cancer. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 451. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5357-1_72

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