Magnetotactic bacterial cages as safe and smart gene delivery vehicles

In spite of the huge advances in the area of synthetic carriers, their efficiency still poorly compares to natural vectors. Herein, we report the use of unmodified magnetotactic bacteria as a guidable delivery vehicle for DNA functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). High cargo loading is establish...

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Main Authors: Shahad K. Alsaiari, Alaa H. Ezzedine, Abdallah M. Abdallah, Rachid Sougrat, Niveen M. Khashab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:OpenNano
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352952016300093