Issue 20, 2008
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Chemical Communications

DNA that is dispersed in the liquid crystalline phases of phospholipids is actively transcribed†

Josephine Corsi,a   Marcus K. Dymond,a   Oscar Ces,b   Joscha Muck,‡c   Daniele Zink‡c  and  George S. Attard*a  

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a School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
E-mail: gza@soton.ac.uk
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b Department of Chemistry, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College, London, UK

c Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Abstract

We report that a 4.3 kbp linearised T7 DNA plasmid is actively transcribed when it is dispersed in the hexagonal liquid crystalline phase of dioleoylphosphoethanolamine (DOPE).

Graphical abstract: DNA that is dispersed in the liquid crystalline phases of phospholipids is actively transcribed

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B801199K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Jan 2008
Accepted
13 Mar 2008
First published
08 Apr 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 2307-2309

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DNA that is dispersed in the liquid crystalline phases of phospholipids is actively transcribed

J. Corsi, M. K. Dymond, O. Ces, J. Muck, D. Zink and G. S. Attard, Chem. Commun., 2008, 2307 DOI: 10.1039/B801199K

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