Effects of dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine on the activity and structure of O-alkyl phosphatidylcholine-DNA transfection complexes

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-65

  Rakhmanova, Vera A ^a   Mcintosh, Thomas J ^b   Macdonald, Robert C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cationic Lipid; Cubic Phase; EDOPC; Ethylphosphocholine; Hexagonal Phase; X ray Diffraction

Indexed keywords

DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DNA; LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; EMULSION; GENE TRANSFER; LIPID ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0034120357     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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