Structural and physico-chemical determinants of the interactions of macrocyclic photosensitizers with cells

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 943-953

  Mojzisova, Halina ^a   Bonneau, Stéphanie ^a   Brault, Daniel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPYROPHEOPHORBIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; CREMOPHOR; CYCLODEXTRIN; DEUTEROPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; DEUTEROPORPHYRIN IX; ETIOPURPURIN; HEMATOPORPHYRIN; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOSOME; PHOTOFRIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; TALAPORFIN; TEMOPORFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUDINE;

CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 35748964159     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-007-0204-9     Document Type: Review

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