title: Chapter 13 - Soft hybrid nanostructures composed of phospholipid liposomes decorated with oligonucleotides.
abstract: This chapter reports on the design, preparation, and characterization of liposomes decorated with synthetic lipid-oligonucleotide conjugates. Several key parameters should be considered for a successful preparation of these functional nanostructures that can be employed further as building blocks in DNA-directed assembly of nano-objects. These parameters are reviewed explicitly in this report and their contributions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and CSGI, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Banchelli
authors.forename: Francesca Baldelli
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Bombelli
authors.forename: Debora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berti
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baglioni
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D008081:Liposomes / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008081:Liposomes; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D010743:Phospholipids; D004247:DNA