Electrostatic interactions across a charged lipid bilayer

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 293-303

  Wagner, Alexander J ^a   May, Sylvio ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ION; LIPOPLEX;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DNA MICROARRAY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; LAMELLAR BODY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROSTATICS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 34247192573     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-006-0089-z     Document Type: Article

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