FRET from quantum dots to photodecompose undesired acceptors and report the condensation and decondensation of plasmid DNA

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3776-3788

  Biju, Vasudevanpillai ^a,b,d   Anas, Abdulaziz ^a,e   Akita, Hidetaka ^c   Shibu, Edakkattuparambil Sidharthan ^a   Itoh, Tamitake ^a   Harashima, Hideyoshi ^c   Ishikawa, Mitsuru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

DNA condensation; Donor acceptor; FRET; Gene delivery; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULAR SENSORS; CELLULAR BARRIERS; DECONDENSATION; DNA CONDENSATION; DNA-PACKAGING; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; ENERGY DONORS; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; FRET; GENE DELIVERY; GLUTATHIONES; HEPARAN SULFATES; NONVIRAL VECTORS; PCDNA3.1; PHOTO-DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOSTABLE; PLASMID DNA; PLASMID DNA (PDNA); RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SENSITIVE DETECTION;

BIOMOLECULES; CONDENSATION; DEGRADATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DNA;

DNA; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLASMID;

DNA; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PLASMIDS; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84864724332     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2048608     Document Type: Article

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