DNA release from lipoplexes by anionic lipids: Correlation with lipid mesomorphism, interfacial curvature, and membrane fusion

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1054-1064

  Tarahovsky, Yury S ^a,b   Koynova, Rumiana ^a,c   MacDonald, Robert C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIPID; LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; COVALENT BOND; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FUSION; PHASE SEPARATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TARGET CELL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 4143119891     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.042895     Document Type: Article

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