Conformation transformation determined by different self-assembled phases in a DNA complex with cationic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane lipid

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 921-927

  Cui, Li ^a   Chen, Daoyong ^b   Zhu, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cationic lipid; Conformation; DNA complexes; Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; DICHROISM; DNA; GENES; LAMELLAR STRUCTURES; LIPIDS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POWDERS; SOLIDS; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); CIRCULAR DICHROISM (DC); DNA COMPLEXES; DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA (DS-DNA); HELICAL CONFORMATIONS; HEXAGONAL PHASE; IMIDAZOLIUM; IMIDAZOLIUM SALTS; INTERSTITIALS; LAMELLAR CRYSTALS; LAMELLAR PHASE; PHASE MORPHOLOGIES; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE (POSS); POSS CRYSTALS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SPONTANEOUS CURVATURE;

MELTING POINT;

CATION; DNA; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CATIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 45749147834     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800177v     Document Type: Article

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