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Star polymers for gene delivery
Author(s) -
Georgiou Theoni K
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.4718
Subject(s) - star polymer , gene delivery , polymer , star (game theory) , nanotechnology , materials science , polymer science , gene , genetic enhancement , biology , physics , genetics , copolymer , composite material , astrophysics
Star polymers offer great advantages in gene delivery compared to linear and branched polymers. These are summarized and discussed in this perspective, as are the main synthetic methodologies.