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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 5.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2008 Nov 28;30(5):951–958. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2008.10.059

Table 1.

Effects of surface charge, size and composition on the actin motility of ActA-modified particles.

Motility Chargea Sizea,b Composition

Fraction Speed
PEI/DNA NP 3 ++ Small Polymer
PLGA–PEI + Large Polymer
DOPE/DOTAP +++ Large Lipid
DOPC (200 nm Ex) Small Lipid
PLGA (nano) + + −− Small Polymer
DOPC (Non Ex) ++ + −−− Large Lipid
PLGA (micro) +++ +++ −− Large Polymer
a

After ActA modification.

b

Small <350 nm; large >350 nm.