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US 7,396,919 B1Granted
Charge reversal of polyion complexes
AssigneeMirus Bio Corporation
InventorsJon A. Wolff, Vladimir S. Trubetskoy, Aaron G. Loomis, Paul M. Slattum, Sean D. Monahan, James E. Hagstrom, Vladimir G. Budker
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Abstract
An ionic polymer is utilized in “recharging” (another layer having a different charge) a condensed polynucleotide complex for purposes of nucleic acid delivery to a cell. The resulting recharged complex can be formed with an appropriate amount of positive or negative charge such that the resulting complex has the desired net charge.
Claims1
A tertiary complex for delivering a nucleic acid to a cell in vivo, comprising:
- a) the nucleic acid;
- b) a polycation polymer complexed with the nucleic acid;
- and,
- c) a polyanion polymer, having more than 80 monomer units, complexed with the polycation via ionic interaction, wherein the polyanion polymer is not the nucleic acid of a) and the polyanion and the polycation polymers comprise block co-polymers.
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