Physicochemical and morphological properties of complexes made of cationic liposomes and oligonucleotides

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 191-203

  Jääskeläinen, Ilpo ^a   Sternberg, Brigitte ^b   Mönkkönen, Jukka ^a   Urtti, Arto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cationic liposomes; Freeze fracture electron microscopy; Lipid fusion; Oligonucleotide release; Oligonucleotides; Particle sizes; Resonance energy transfer

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CATION; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; LIPOSOME; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHOROTHIOATE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOSOME; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032102805     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(98)00067-2     Document Type: Article

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