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DNA-lipid systems. A physical chemistry study
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Dias, R (author)
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Antunes, F (author)
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Miguel, M (author)
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- Lindman, Stina (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Kemiska institutionen,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Department of Chemistry,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH
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- Lindman, Björn (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Fysikalisk kemi,Enheten för fysikalisk och teoretisk kemi,Kemiska institutionen,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Physical Chemistry,Physical and theoretical chemistry,Department of Chemistry,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH
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- 2002
- 2002
- English.
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In: Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. - 0100-879X. ; 35:5, s. 509-522
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Abstract
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- It is well known that the interaction of polyelectrolytes with oppositely charged surfactants leads to an associative phase separation; however, the phase behavior of DNA and oppositely charged surfactants is more strongly associative than observed in other systems. A precipitate is formed with very low amounts of surfactant and DNA. DNA compaction is a general phenomenon in the presence of multivalent ions and positively charged surfaces; because of the high charge density there are strong attractive ion correlation effects. Techniques like phase diagram determinations, fluorescence microscopy, and ellipsometry were used to study these systems. The interaction between DNA and catanionic mixtures (i.e., mixtures of cationic and anionic surfactants) was also investigated. We observed that DNA compacts and adsorbs onto the surface of positively charged vesicles, and that the addition of an anionic surfactant can release DNA back into solution from a compact globular complex between DNA and the cationic surfactant. Finally, DNA interactions with polycations, chitosans with different chain lengths, were studied by fluorescence microscopy, in vivo transfection assays and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy. The general conclusion is that a chitosan effective in promoting compaction is also efficient in transfection.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Kemi -- Fysikalisk kemi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Chemical Sciences -- Physical Chemistry (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- behavior
- phase
- chitosan
- catanionic mixtures
- DNA
- cationic surfactants
- polyelectrolyte-oppositely charged surfactant systems
Publication and Content Type
- art (subject category)
- ref (subject category)
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