liposomes (artificial)
- Subject Category
- X Research, Technology and Engineering
- Definition
- 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.
- Definition Source
- Medical Subject Headings
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- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/12604.rdf
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/12604
- Broader Term
- artificial membranes
- Related Term
- artificial cells
- drug delivery systems
- niosomes
- Spanish
- liposomas
- Term Number
- 12604