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23. Smedt SCD, Demeester J, Hennink WE (2000) Cationic polymer based gene delivery
systems. Pharm Res 17:113–126
24. Bertin A, Hermes F, Schlaad H (2010) Biohybrid and peptide-based polymer vesicles. Adv
Polym Sci 224:167–195
25. Iatrou H, Frielinghaus H, Hanski S, Ferderigos N, Ruokolainen J, Ikkala O, Richter D, Mays
J, Hadjichristidis N (2007) Architecturally induced multiresponsive vesicles from welldefined polypeptides. Formation of gene vehicles. Biomacromolecules 8:2173–2181
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(ed) DNA replication-current advances. InTech, New York
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Elsevier Academic, Amsterdam
28. Ghosh A, Bansal M (2003) A glossary of DNA structures from A to Z. Acta Crystallogr Sect
D Biol Crystallogr 59:620–626
29. Strick TR, Allemand J-F, Bensimon D, Bensimon A, Croquette V (1996) The elasticity of a
single supercoiled DNA molecule. Science 271:1835–1837
30. Lu Y, Weers B, Stellwagen NC (2002) DNA persistence length revisited. Biopolymers
61:261–275
31. Chen H, Meisburger SP, Pabit SA, Sutton JL, Webb WW, Pollack L (2012) Ionic strengthdependent persistence lengths of single-stranded RNA and DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
109:799–804
32. Geggier S, Vologodskii A (2010) Sequence dependence of DNA bending rigidity. Proc Natl
Acad Sci USA 107:15421–15426
33. Geggier S, Kotlyar A, Vologodskii A (2011) Temperature dependence of DNA persistence
length. Nucleic Acids Res 39:1419–1426
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and its biomedical applications. Adv Mater 22:4567–4590
12. Nakayama Y (2012) Hyperbranched polymeric “star vectors” for effective DNA or siRNA
delivery. Acc Chem Res 45:994–1004
13. Mao S, Sun W, Kissel T (2010) Chitosan-based formulations for delivery of DNA and
siRNA. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 62:12–27
14. Azzam T, Domb AJ (2005) Cationic polysaccharides for gene delivery. In: Amiji MM (ed)
Polymeric gene delivery–principles and applications. CRC, Boca Raton, pp 279–299
15. Yudovin-Farber I, Eliyahu H, Domb AJ (2007) Cationic polysaccharides for DNA delivery.
In: Friedmann T, Rossi J (eds) Gene transfer: delivery and expression of DNA and RNA, a
laboratory manual. CSHL, Cold Spring Harbor, pp 507–513
16. Froehlich T, Wagner E (2010) Peptide- and polymer-based delivery of therapeutic RNA. Soft
Matter 6:226–234
17. Osada K, Kataoka K (2006) Drug and gene delivery based on supramolecular assembly of
PEG-polypeptide hybrid block copolymers. Adv Polym Sci 202:113–153
18. Kircheis R, Wightman L, Wagner E (2001) Design and gene delivery activity of modified
polyethylenimines. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 53:341–358
19. Boussif O, Lezoualc’h F, Zanta MA, Mergny MD, Scherman D, Demeneix B, Behr JP (1995)
A versatile vector for gene and oligonucleotide transfer into cells in culture and in vivo:
Polyethylenimine. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92:7297–7301
20. Kim SW (2007) Polylysine copolymers for gene delivery. In: Friedmann T, Rossi J (eds)
Gene transfer: delivery and expression of DNA and RNA, a laboratory manual. CSHL, Cold
Spring Harbor, pp 461–471
21. Turrin C-O, Caminade A-M (2011) Dendrimers as transfection agents. In: Caminade A-M
(ed) Dendrimers. Wiley, New York, pp 413–435
22. Kubasiak LA, Tomalia DA (2005) Cationic dendrimers as gene transfection vectors: dendripoly(amidoamines) and dendri-poly(propylenimines). In: Amiji MM (ed) Polymeric gene
delivery–principles and applications. CRC, Boca Raton, pp 133–157
23. Smedt SCD, Demeester J, Hennink WE (2000) Cationic polymer based gene delivery
systems. Pharm Res 17:113–126
24. Bertin A, Hermes F, Schlaad H (2010) Biohybrid and peptide-based polymer vesicles. Adv
Polym Sci 224:167–195
25. Iatrou H, Frielinghaus H, Hanski S, Ferderigos N, Ruokolainen J, Ikkala O, Richter D, Mays
J, Hadjichristidis N (2007) Architecturally induced multiresponsive vesicles from welldefined polypeptides. Formation of gene vehicles. Biomacromolecules 8:2173–2181
26. Ho PS, Carter M (2011) DNA structure: alphabet soup for the cellular soul. In: Seligmann H
(ed) DNA replication-current advances. InTech, New York
27. Calladine CR, Drew HR, Luisi BF, Travers AA (1992) Understanding DNA, 3rd edn.
Elsevier Academic, Amsterdam
28. Ghosh A, Bansal M (2003) A glossary of DNA structures from A to Z. Acta Crystallogr Sect
D Biol Crystallogr 59:620–626
29. Strick TR, Allemand J-F, Bensimon D, Bensimon A, Croquette V (1996) The elasticity of a
single supercoiled DNA molecule. Science 271:1835–1837
30. Lu Y, Weers B, Stellwagen NC (2002) DNA persistence length revisited. Biopolymers
61:261–275
31. Chen H, Meisburger SP, Pabit SA, Sutton JL, Webb WW, Pollack L (2012) Ionic strengthdependent persistence lengths of single-stranded RNA and DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
109:799–804
32. Geggier S, Vologodskii A (2010) Sequence dependence of DNA bending rigidity. Proc Natl
Acad Sci USA 107:15421–15426
33. Geggier S, Kotlyar A, Vologodskii A (2011) Temperature dependence of DNA persistence
length. Nucleic Acids Res 39:1419–1426
184
A. Bertin