Molecular dynamics simulation of PEGylated membranes with cholesterol: Building toward the DOXIL formulation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 15541-15549

  Magarkar, Aniket ^a   Róg, Tomasz ^b   Bunker, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DELIVERY; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

CIRCULATION TIME; DRUG DELIVERY LIPOSOMES; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PEGYLATED; PEGYLATED DRUG; PEGYLATED LIPOSOMES; PEGYLATION;

CHOLESTEROL;

EID: 84904558570     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504962m     Document Type: Article

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