DNA pre-condensation with an amino acid-based cationic amphiphile. A viable approach for liposome-based gene delivery

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-34

  Rosa, Mónica ^a,b,f   Penacho, Nuno ^c,d   Simões, Sérgio ^c,e   Lima, Maria C P ^c,d   Lindman, Björn ^a,b   Miguel, Maria G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^f ELAN PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid based amphiphile; Cationic liposomes; Gene delivery

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIOLEOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPROPANE; AMINE; AMINO ACID; AMPHOPHILE; ARGININE N LAUROYL AMIDE; CHOLESTEROL HYDROGEN SUCCINATE; DNA; LIPOSOME; SURFACTANT; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DRUG FORMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PH MEASUREMENT; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACIDS, BASIC; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 37549013769     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687680701499451     Document Type: Article

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