DNA and lipid bilayers: Self-assembly and insertion

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2008, Pages

  Khalid, Syma ^a,d   Bond, Peter J ^b,d   Holyoake, John ^c,d   Hawtin, Robert W ^a   Sansom, Mark S P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coarse grain; DNA; Gene therapy; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; DNA; GENE THERAPY; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPIDS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BI-LAYER; CATIONICS; COARSE GRAINS; COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DELIVERY VECTOR; DNA DODECAMER; DNA MOLECULES; DNA-LIPID COMPLEX; GAIN INSIGHT; ZWITTERIONICS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

DNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE THERAPY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; LIPID BILAYER; METHODOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; WATER;

EID: 58749084517     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0239.focus     Document Type: Article

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