Shifts in chain-melting transition temperature of liposomal membranes by polymer-grafted lipids

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1614, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-170

  Pantusa, Manuela ^a   Bartucci, Rosa ^a   Marsh, Derek ^b   Sportelli, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chain melting transition; Controlled release; Liposome; Mild hyperthermia; Optical turbidimetry; PEG lipid; Polymer lipid

Indexed keywords

DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPID; LIPOSOME; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) GRAFTED DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; HYPERTHERMIA; LAMELLAR BODY; MEASUREMENT; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBIDITY;

EID: 0041530261     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(03)00171-8     Document Type: Article

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