Controlling the higher-order structure of giant DNA molecules

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 235-244

  Yoshikawa, Kenichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coil globule transition; Compaction of DNA; Conformational switching; DNA assembly; DNA condensation; Folding transition of DNA; Intra chain segregation; Laser manipulation; Phase diagram of polymers; Single molecule observation

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; DNA; POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS;

GENE TRANSFECTION;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

CATION; CATIONIC SURFACTANT; DNA; MACROGOL; POLYMER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CATIONS; DNA; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMERS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0035915073     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-409X(01)00210-1     Document Type: Review

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