Phase diagram, stability, and overcharging of lamellar cationic lipid- DNA self-assembled complexes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 915-924

  Koltover, I ^a   Salditt, T ^a   Safinya, Cyrus ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; DNA; LIPID;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA TRANSFER; GENE TARGETING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0032805569     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)76942-0     Document Type: Article

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