Spectroscopic methods for the physical characterization and formulation of nonviral gene delivery systems

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 434, Issue , 2008, Pages 55-80

  Ausar, Salvador F ^a   Joshi, Sangeeta B ^a   Middaugh, C Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Dynamic light scattering; Empirical phase diagram; Fluorescence; FTIR; PDNA formulation; UV absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934437177     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-248-3_5     Document Type: Article

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