Phospholipid-based artificial viruses assembled by multivalent cations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 637-644

  Tresset, Guillaume ^a,d   Cheong, Wun Chet Davy ^b   Tan, Yan Ling Shireen ^a   Boulaire, Jé Rôme ^a   Yeng, Ming Lam ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIOLEOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPROPANE; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLIN; DNA; GLUE; LANTHANUM; MONOVALENT CATION; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYCATION; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL VIABILITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIQUID; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; VIRUS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 34447323072     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.104448     Document Type: Article

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