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SUBMITTER: Kim H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4522648 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Hyejin H Park Yongkuk Y Lee Jong Bum JB
Scientific reports 20150803
Although mRNA has several advantages over plasmid DNA when delivered into cells for gene expression, mRNA transfection is a very rare occurrence in gene delivery. This is mainly because of the labile nature of RNA, resulting in a low expression level of the desired protein. In this study, self-assembled mRNA nanoparticles (mRNA-NPs) packed with multiple repeats of mRNA were synthesized to achieve efficient gene expression. This approach required only a one-step process to synthesize particles wi ...[more]