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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 952060, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/952060
Research Article

Characterization of Plasmid DNA Location within Chitosan/PLGA/pDNA Nanoparticle Complexes Designed for Gene Delivery

Hali Bordelon,1 Alexandru S. Biris,2 Cristina M. Sabliov,1 and W. Todd Monroe1

1Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Rm. 149 E.B. Doran Bldg., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
2Nanotechnology Center, Applied Science Department, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR 72211, USA

Received 2 June 2010; Accepted 25 July 2010

Academic Editor: Lu Sun

Copyright © 2011 Hali Bordelon et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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