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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2004
Alexandru T. Balaban, Galveston, TX (US);
William A. Seitz, Dickinson, TX (US);
Marc A. C. Ilies, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Edward Bradbridge Thompson, Galveston, TX (US);
Robert E. Garfield, Galveston, TX (US);
Betty H. Johnson, Beaumont, TX (US);
Aaron L. Miller, Galveston, TX (US);
Melissa J. Wentz, Pearland, TX (US);
Alexandru T. Balaban, Galveston, TX (US);
William A. Seitz, Dickinson, TX (US);
Marc A. C. Ilies, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Edward Bradbridge Thompson, Galveston, TX (US);
Robert E. Garfield, Galveston, TX (US);
Betty H. Johnson, Beaumont, TX (US);
Aaron L. Miller, Galveston, TX (US);
Melissa J. Wentz, Pearland, TX (US);
The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Abstract
Pyridinium cationic lipids useful as non-viral gene delivery agents are disclosed. The agents are prepared by reaction of pyrylium salts with primary amines. Also disclosed are methods of trasfectind cells using the pyridinium cationic lipids as gene transfer agents.