Highly fusogenic cationic liposomes transiently permeabilize the plasma membrane of HeLa cells

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-50

  Stebelska, Katarzyna ^a   Wyrozumska, Paulina ^a   Gubernator, Jerzy ^b   Sikorski, Aleksander F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b Academic Centre for the Biotechnology of Lipid Aggregates   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cationic liposomes; Fusion; Plasma membrane integrity; Transfection

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIOLEOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPROPANE; AMIDINE; DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; NUCLEIC ACID; CATION; LIPID; N T BUTYL N' TETRADECYL 3 TETRADECYLAMINOPROPIONAMIDINE; N-T-BUTYL-N'-TETRADECYL-3-TETRADECYLAMINOPROPIONAMIDINE;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SHEEP; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE;

MAMMALIA;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; CATIONS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; SHEEP;

EID: 34249102227     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11658-006-0049-8     Document Type: Article

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