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Chem. Commun., 2008, 2307 - 2309, DOI: 10.1039/b801199k

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

Josephine Corsi, Marcus K. Dymond, Oscar Ces, Joscha Muck, Daniele Zink and George S. Attard

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).

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