Size and structure of spontaneously forming liposomes in lipid/PEG-lipid mixtures

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2419-2439

  Rovira Bru, Montse ^a   Thompson, David H ^a   Szleifer, Igal ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; POLYMER; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELASTICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID COMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOPHYSICS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; KINETICS; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036840190     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75255-7     Document Type: Article

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