Engineering polymersome protocells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1612-1623

  Kamat, Neha P ^a   Katz, Joshua S ^a   Hammer, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL CELL; BIOLOGICAL CELLS; BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; BIOMEMBRANES; BIOMIMICRY; CELL FUNCTIONS; COMPLEX ASSEMBLY; HYBRID POLYMERS; MIMETICS; MODEL TEMPLATES; POLYMERSOMES; PROTOCELLS;

BIOMIMETICS; CELLS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79960166149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200640x     Document Type: Review

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