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Liposome targeting of high molecular weight DNA to the hair follicles of histocultured skin: A model for gene therapy of the hair growth processes

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  1. AntiCancer, Inc., 5325 Metro Street, 92110, San Diego, California

    Lingna Li, Valeryi Lishko & Robert M. Hoffman

  2. Laboratory of Cancer Biology Department of Pediatrics, 0609F, University of California, San Diego, 92093, La Jolla, California

    Robert M. Hoffman

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Li, L., Lishko, V. & Hoffman, R.M. Liposome targeting of high molecular weight DNA to the hair follicles of histocultured skin: A model for gene therapy of the hair growth processes. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Animal 29, 258–260 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02633949

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