Nucleolipids
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2011) | Viewed by 252
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nucleosides; nucleotides; nucleic acids; nucleolipids; nucleolipoplexes
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Dear Colleagues,
Nucleolipids are hybrid molecules composed of a nucleobase, a nucleoside, a nucleotide or an oligonucleotide (either DNA or RNA), and a lipophilic moiety, which might be either simply a single- or double-chained alkyl (or alkenyl) moiety or a carbocyclic hydrocarbon such as cholesterol, a vitamin, or a bile acid. Submitted papers may cover all aspects of nucleolipids, namely their natural occurrence, their synthesis, their molecular recognition, their aggregation behaviour – either in aqueous or non-aqueous solution – as well as bio-medical applications. Potential future aspects of nucleolipids in material sciences and for the elucidation of biochemical reactions in living cells may be discussed.
Helmut Rosemeyer
Guest Editor
Keywords
- nucleolipids
- hybid molecules
- antagomirs
- supramolecular aggregation
- molecular recognition
- biomedical application
