Phase behavior of cationic amphiphiles and their mixtures with helper lipid influences lipoplex shape, DNA translocation, and transfection efficiency

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 2096-2108

  Zuhorn, Inge S ^a   Oberle, Volker ^a   Visser, Willy H ^a   Engberts, Jan B F N ^b   Bakowsky, Udo ^a   Polushkin, Evgeny ^a   Hoekstra, Dick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; CATION; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CHLORIDE; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; DNA; LIPID; LIPOSOME; N METHYL 4(DIOLEYL)METHYLPYRIDINIUMCHLORIDE; N METHYL 4(DISTEARYL)METHYLPYRIDINIUMCHLORIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DISSOCIATION; ENDOSOME; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; KINETICS; LIPID TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERIZATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036787782     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)73970-2     Document Type: Article

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