Imre and Luisi

Although this review highlights proteins/enzymes, they are not the only biological entities that can be extracted using RMs. Nucleic acids have been successfully solubilized in RMs by Imre and Luisi [349]. The potential of RME for a variety of other biomolecules is in the process of establishment. 

Nucleic acids can also be solubilized in reverse micelles, including ribosomes and plasmids, (Imre and Luisi, 1982 Palazzo and Luisi, 1992 Pietrini and Luisi, 2002 2004 Ousfuri et al, 2005), which also gives rise to a series of interesting structural and thermodynamic questions. In particular, high-molecular-weight... 

DNA acquires a condensed form in reverse micelles, with the characteristic psi-spectrum (Imre and Luisi, 1982 Pietrini and Luisi, 2004 Ousfuri et al., 2005). This super-condensation of the DNA macromolecules, and their non-covalent cross-linking to yield the psi-spectrum, is due to the restricted environment. 

Imre, V. E. and Luisi, R L. (1982). Solubilization and condensed packaging of nucleic acids in reversed micelles. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 107, 538 5. 

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