Sunfish amphiphiles: conceptually new carriers for DNA delivery

…, P Oosting, C van der Pol, A Wagenaar…

Index: Hulst, Ron; Muizebelt, Inouk; Oosting, Peter; Van Der Pol, Cornelia; Wagenaar, Anno; Smisterova, Jarmila; Bulten, Erna; Driessen, Cecile; Hoekstra, Dick; Engberts, Jan B. F. N. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004 , # 4 p. 835 - 849

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Abstract

Abstract A conceptually new class of cationic amphiphiles, Sunfish amphiphiles, designed for the delivery of genes into cells is introduced. Sunfish amphiphiles have two hydrophobic tails, connected at the 4-and the N-position to the cationic pyridinium headgroup. Two extreme morphologies visualised by backfolding and combining of both tails at one site (matching situation) or unfolding of the tails at distinct interaction sites at biological ...