Peptides and gd complexes containing colloidal assemblies as tumor-specific contrast agents in MRI: Physicochemical characterization

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1736-1746

  Vaccaro, Mauro ^a,b,c   Accardo, Antonella ^a   D'Errico, Gerardino ^a,b   Schillén, Karin ^c   Radulescu, Aurel ^d   Tesauro, Diego ^a   Morelli, Giancarlo ^a   Paduano, Luigi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CSGI Consorzio per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase   (Italy)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; ANION; CHELATING AGENT; CHOLECYSTOKININ OCTAPEPTIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; PENTETIC ACID; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; COLLOID; COMPLEX FORMATION; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICELLE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 34548603625     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.107417     Document Type: Article

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