Mesh term Liposomes
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Membranes, Artificial
Description
Artificial, single or multilaminar vesicles (made from lecithins or other lipids) that are used for the delivery of a variety of biological molecules or molecular complexes to cells, for example, drug delivery and gene transfer. They are also used to study membranes and membrane proteins.Browse to child terms:
Unilamellar Liposomes
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