Chitosan-DNA complexes: Charge inversion and DNA condensation

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Amaduzzi, Francesca ^a   Bomboi, Francesca ^a   Bonincontro, Adalberto ^a   Bordi, Federico ^a   Casciardi, Stefano ^b   Chronopoulou, Laura ^a   Diociaiuti, Marco ^c   Mura, Francesco ^a   Palocci, Cleofe ^a   Sennato, Simona ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charge inversion; Chitosan; DNA; Gene therapy; Polyelectrolytes; Polyplexes

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHITOSAN; CONDENSATION; DNA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FORECASTING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; POLYELECTROLYTES;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CHARGE INVERSION; GLOBULAR AGGREGATES; ISO-ELECTRIC POINTS; OPPOSITELY CHARGED POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES; POLYPLEXES; REENTRANT CONDENSATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CHITOSAN; DNA; POLYELECTROLYTE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHARGE INVERSION; CHITOSAN; DNA; GENE-THERAPY; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYPLEXES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHITOSAN; DNA; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84886239608     PISSN: 09277765     EISSN: 18734367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2013.09.029     Document Type: Article

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