Vesicle extrusion through polycarbonate track-etched membranes using a hand-held mini-extruder

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 533, Issue , 2013, Pages 275-282

  Zhu, Ting F ^a   Budin, Itay ^a   Szostak, Jack W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrusion apparatus; Gas tight syringes; Monodisperse vesicles; Polycarbonate track etched membranes; Vesicle extrusion

Indexed keywords

POLYCARBONATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; MEMBRANE FILTER; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESICLE SXTRUSION METHOD;

EXTRUSION APPARATUS; GAS-TIGHT SYRINGES; MONODISPERSE VESICLES; POLYCARBONATE TRACK-ETCHED MEMBRANES; VESICLE EXTRUSION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES;

EID: 84887261289     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: 15577988     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-420067-8.00021-0     Document Type: Chapter

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