Cationic Carbon Nanotubes Bind to CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides and Enhance Their Immunostimulatory Properties
- 16 December 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 127 (1), 58-59
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja044293y
Abstract
Functionalized cationic carbon nanotubes are able to form a stable complex with CpG ODN based on charge interaction and to increase the immunostimulatory activity of CpG motifs.Keywords
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