Transfection efficiency boost of cholesterol-containing lipoplexes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1818, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2335-2343

  Pozzi, Daniela ^a   Marchini, Cristina ^b   Cardarelli, Francesco ^c   Amenitsch, Heinz ^d   Garulli, Chiara ^b   Bifone, Angelo ^c   Caracciolo, Giulio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c CENTER FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION NEST   (Italy)

^d ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Endosomal escape; Lipoplex; Membrane fusion; Transfection efficiency

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; LIPOPLEX;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; ENDOCYTOSIS; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CHO CELLS; CHOLESTEROL; CRICETINAE; ENDOSOMES; LASERS; LIGHT; LIPOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PINOCYTOSIS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; TRANSFECTION; X-RAYS;

EID: 84861854235     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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