Direct force measurements between siRNA and chitosan molecules using force spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 952-959

  Xu, Sailong ^a   Dong, Mingdong ^a   Liu, Xiudong ^a   Howard, Kenneth A ^a   Kjems, Jørgen ^a   Besenbacher, Flemming ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; NANOPARTICLE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 34547699254     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.093229     Document Type: Article

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