The structure of DNA within cationic lipid/DNA complexes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 1114-1123

  Braun, Chad S ^a   Jas, Gouri S ^a   Choosakoonkriang, Sirirat ^a   Koe, Gary S ^b   Smith, Janet G ^b   Middaugh, C Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Urigen Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037307535     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74927-3     Document Type: Article

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