External versus internal source of calcium during the gelation of alginate beads for DNA encapsulation

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 438-446

  Quong, D ^a   Neufeld, R J ^a,d   Skjak Braek G ^b   Poncelet, D ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alginate; DNA; Encapsulation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACIDS; CALCIUM; COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ENCAPSULATION; ENZYMES; GELATION; GELS; ION EXCHANGE; PH EFFECTS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ALGINATE; GULURONIC ACID; MANNURONIC ACID;

DNA;

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM; DNA; MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DNA ADDUCT; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; ENCAPSULATION;

ALGINATES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALCIUM; CAPSULES; DNA; DRUG COMPOUNDING; GELS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSPHERES;

EID: 0032549132     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980220)57:4<438::AID-BIT7>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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