Stability of dry liposomes in sugar glasses

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1769-1776

  Sun, Wendell Q ^a   Leopold, A Carl ^b   Crowe, Lois M ^c   Crowe, John H ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; WATER ANALYSIS;

ARRHENIUS;

EID: 0029913433     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79740-0     Document Type: Article

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