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Preorganized macromolecular gene delivery systems: amphiphilic beta-cyclodextrin "click clusters"
Alejandro Méndez-Ardoy1, Marta Gómez-García, Carmen Ortiz Mellet
1Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, CSIC, Américo Vespucio 49, Isla de la Cartuja, E-41092, Sevilla, Spain.
Abstract:
Gene delivery systems based on the beta-cyclodextrin scaffold have been synthesized by combining the copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne coupling ("click chemistry") and an efficient acylation method of the secondary hydroxyls; molecular flexibility, charge density and hydrophobic-hydrophilic balance are critical parameters that can be fine-tuned by the click approach.
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