Factors governing the assembly of cationic phospholipid-DNA complexes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1620-1633

  Kennedy, Michael T ^a   Pozharski, Edvin V ^a   Rakhmanova, Vera A ^a   MacDonald, Robert C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLASMID DNA; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; DNA BINDING; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENTROPY; IONIC STRENGTH; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; SURFACE CHARGE; THERMODYNAMICS; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0034091820     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76714-2     Document Type: Article

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