Films of agarose enable rapid formation of giant liposomes in solutions of physiologic ionic strength

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1810-1819

  Horger, Kim S ^a   Estes, Daniel J ^a   Capone, Ricardo ^a   Mayer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIPOSOMES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

AGAROSE; AQUEOUS SALT SOLUTION; GENTLE-HYDRATION; GIANT LIPOSOMES; HIGH YIELD; HYBRID FILM; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID MIXTURES; LIPOSOME FORMATION; PARTIAL DISSOLUTION; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT;

IONIC STRENGTH;

AGAROSE; AZOLECTIN; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; 1,2-DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; 1-PALMITOYL-2-OLEOYLGLYCERO-3-PHOSPHOGLYCEROL; 1-PALMITOYL-2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; BUFFER; SEPHAROSE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL SIZE; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; FILM; HYBRID; HYDRATION; IONIC STRENGTH; LIPID COMPOSITION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; CHEMISTRY; OSMOLARITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; BUFFERS; CHOLESTEROL; LIPOSOMES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; SEPHAROSE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 67849122725     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja805625u     Document Type: Article

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