Fluorescence methods for lipoplex characterization

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1808, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2694-2705

  Madeira, Catarina ^a,b   Loura, Luís M S ^c,d   Aires Barros, Maria R ^a,b   Prieto, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia Lisboa   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cationic lipids; Fluorescence techniques; FRET; Gene delivery; Lipoplex; Plasmid DNA

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIOLEOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPROPANE; 1,2 DIOLEOYL SN GLYCERO 3 PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; 2,3 DIOLEYLOXY N [2 (SPERMINECARBOXAMIDO)ETHYL] N,N DIMETHYL 1 PROPANIMINIUM PENTAHYDROCHLORIDE; 2,3 DIOLEYLOXYPROPYL 1 TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; 3BETA [N (N',N DIMETHYLAMINOETHANE)CARBAMOYL] CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; DIMETHYLDIOCTADECYL AMMONIUM BROMIDE; DIMETHYLDIOCTADECYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; DIOCTADECYLAMIDO GLYCYLSPERMINE; DIOLEOYL O ETHYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DNA; GLYCEROL OLEATE; LIPID; LIPOPLEX; LIPOSOME; N (2 HYDROXYETHYL) N,N DIMETHYL 2,3 BIS(TETRADECYLOXY) 1 PROPANIMINIUM; NUCLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOPHYSICS; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA VECTOR; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; LIPID MEMBRANE; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC VECTORS; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052261029     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.07.020     Document Type: Review

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