Spontaneous entrapment of polynucleotides upon electrostatic interaction with ethanol-destabilized cationic liposomes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2310-2326

  Maurer, Norbert ^a   Wong, Kim F ^a   Stark, Holger ^b   Louie, Lenore ^a   McIntosh, Deirdre ^a   Wong, Tabitha ^a   Scherrer, Peter ^a   Semple, Sean C ^c   Cullis, Pieter R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c Inex Pharmaceuticals Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; PLASMID DNA; POLYNUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; DRUG FORMULATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MICROENCAPSULATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 0035039280     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76202-9     Document Type: Article

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