Physical and biological properties of cationic triesters of phosphatidylcholine

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2612-2629

  MacDonald, Robert C ^a   Ashley, Gary W ^d   Shida, Miho M ^f   Rakhmanova, Vera A ^f   Tarahovsky, Yury S ^b   Pantazatos, Dennis P ^f   Kennedy, Michael T ^f   Pozharski, Edvin V ^f   Baker, Kent A ^f   Jones, Ramoun D ^f   Rosenzweig, Howard S ^e   Choi, Kenneth L ^f   Qiu, Ruozi ^f   McIntosh, Thomas J ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KOSAN BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

^e Wesley Jessen Inc   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIPOFECTAMINE; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DNA TRANSFER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032729619     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77095-5     Document Type: Article

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