Rita Dias – författare

Due to the potential benefits of biotechnology, interest in the interaction between DNA and surfactants and polymers has become increasingly significant. Now, DNA Interactions with Polymers and Surfactants provides an extensive, up-to-date overview of the subject, giving readers a basis for understanding the factors leading to complexation between DNA and different cosolutes, including metal ions, polyelectrolytes, spermine, spermidine, surfactants and lipids, and proteins.

Topical coverage includes:

Polyelectrolytes, physico-chemical aspects and biological significance

Solution behavior of nucleic acids

Single DNA molecules: compaction and decompaction

Interaction of DNA with surfactants and cationic polymers

Interactions of histones with DNA

DNA-DNA interactions

The hydration of DNA-amphiphile complexes

DNA-surfactant/lipid complexes at liquid interfaces

DNA and DNA-surfactant complexes at solid surfaces

The role of correlation forces for DNA-cosolute interactions

Simulations of polyions

Cross-linked DNA gels and gel particles

DNA as an amphiphilic polymer

Lipid-DNA interactions

Covering both theoretical and practical aspects of the subject, DNA Interactions with Polymers and Surfactants is an ideal resource for chemists and biochemists working in gene and DNA delivery research in industry and academia, as well as for cell biologists, chemical engineers, molecular biologists, and development biologists in the pharmaceutical industry.