NEW CONJUGATES FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF NUCLEIC ACID INTO HIGHER EUKARYOTIC CELLS

摘要

Conjugates in which a virus is bound via an antibody to a substance with affinity for nucleic acids in order to transport gene constructs into higher eukaryotic cells. Complexes of the conjugates and nucleic acid are, where appropriate with the cooperation of a cell type-specific internalisation factor, internalised into the cell, where the virus, as constituent of the complex, brings about the internalisation as well as the release of the contents of the endosomes in which the complexes are located after entry into the cell. Pharmaceutical compositions in which the nucleic acid is a therapeutically effective gene construct, especially for use in gene therapy, and transfection kits.