Cationic liposome-DNA complexes: From liquid crystal science to gene delivery applications

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1847, 2006, Pages 2573-2596

  Safinya, Cyrus R ^a,b   Ewert, Kai ^a,b   Anmad, Ayesha ^a,b   Evans, Heather M ^a,b   Raviv, Uri ^a,b   Needleman, Daniel J ^a,b   Lin, Alison J ^a,b   Slack, Nelle L ^a,b   George, Cyril ^b   Samuel, Charles E ^b   Matharu, A S ^c   Li, M H ^d   Percec, V ^e   Seddon, J ^f  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cationic liposomes; Gene delivery; Gene therapy; Liquid crystal phases; Synchrotron X ray scattering; Transfection efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750515643     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1841     Document Type: Article

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