Calorimetric study of the interaction of binary DMTAP/DOTAP cationic liposomes with plasmid DNA

Journal of Liposome Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-230

  Giatrellis, Sarantis ^a   Nikolopoulos, George ^a   Sideratou, Zili ^a   Nounesis, George ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cationic liposomes; DMTAP; DOTAP; DSC; ITC; Large unilamellar vesicles; Lipoplexes; Plasmid DNA

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIMYRISTOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM PROPANE; 1,2 DIOLEOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPROPANE; AMMONIA; BRCA1 PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATE; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN BRCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTHALPY; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALORIMETRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; MYRISTATES; PLASMIDS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70350641834     PISSN: 08982104     EISSN: 15322394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08982100902746596     Document Type: Article

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