Stability of gold nanoparticle-bound DNA toward biological, physical, and chemical agents

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-82

  Han, Gang ^a   Martin, Craig T ^a   Rotello, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Nanoparticle; Stability

Indexed keywords

CATION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; GOLD; NANOPARTICLE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM SALT DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DIGESTION; DNA BINDING; DRUG DNA BINDING; DRUG STABILITY; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASOUND;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG STABILITY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GOLD; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMIDS; POLYLYSINE; PROTEIN BINDING; SHEAR STRENGTH; SONICATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745108718     PISSN: 17470277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2005.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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