Folding and aggregation of DNA chains induced by complexation with lipospermine: Formation of a nucleosome like structure and network assembly

FEBS Letters

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-76

  Yoshikawa, Yuko ^a   Emi, Nobuhiko ^b   Kanbe, Toshio ^b   Yoshikawa, Kenichi ^a   Saito, Hidehiko ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Fluorescence microscopy; Gene transfection; Higher order structure of DNA; Lipospermine

Indexed keywords

SPERMINE; SPERMINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030605014     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)01057-5     Document Type: Article

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