Hydrotalcite intercalated siRNA: Computational characterization of the interlayer environment

Pharmaceutics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 296-313

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Ouyang, Defang ^b   Murthy, Vinuthaa ^c   Wong, Yunyi ^d   Xu, Zhiping ^a   Smith, Sean C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Layered double hydroxide; Molecular dynamics simulations; SiRNA delivery

Indexed keywords

HYDROTALCITE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; HYDROGEN BOND; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84863204312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics4020296     Document Type: Article

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