Incorporation of the bacterial reaction centre into dendrimersomes

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 413, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-43

  Giustini, Mauro ^a   Bellinazzo, Cristina ^a   Galantini, Luciano ^a   Mallardi, Antonia ^b   Palazzo, Gerardo ^b   Sennato, Simona ^c   Bordi, Federico ^c   Rissanen, Kari ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Charge recombination; Dendrimersomes; Dynamic light scattering; Integral proteins; Self aggregation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPOSOMES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL REACTION; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DENDRIMERSOMES; DOCKING SITES; INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOTOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIUM RHODOBACTER; REACTION CENTRES; SELF AGGREGATION; TIME STABILITY;

DENDRIMERS;

DENDRIMER; DENDRIMERSOME; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE SITE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 84867103083     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.01.040     Document Type: Article

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