2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Control of morphology and functions of Surfactant Aggregate by RNA
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20750102
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Functional materials chemistry
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
OHTA Akio Kanazawa University, 物質化学系, 准教授 (10324104)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 膜 / 組織体 / 界面活性剤 / RNA |
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| Research Abstract |
Nucleic acid is a one of the anionic polymers and interacts with some cationic surfactants and as a result a complex, which is called lipoplex, is formed. In this study, we focused the complex of RNA and cationic surfactant, and investigated the aggregation behaviors by several techniques. It was found that the aggregation was controlled by pH or surfactant concentration for the RNA-cationic surfactant system as well as the DNA system.
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