Liposome-DNA interaction: microcalorimetric study

Chem Phys Lipids. 1998 Jul;94(1):139-43. doi: 10.1016/s0009-3084(98)00019-x.

Abstract

The authors applied differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) for studying the thermodynamic characteristics of DNA-liposome interactions. At the first stage, the melting curves of the 'order-disorder' thermal transition for lipid component and of the 'helix-coil' transition for DNA were obtained. At the second stage, the phase behavior of the DNA-lipid mixture as a function of both components (lipid/DNA ratio) was obtained. The liposome-DNA interaction was investigated comparing the melting curves of the pure components and the mixture.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Calorimetry, Differential Scanning
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine / chemistry*
  • Liposomes / chemistry*
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Liposomes
  • DNA
  • Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine