A peptide nucleic acid-nuclear localization signal fusion that mediates nuclear transport of DNA

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 784-787

  Brandén, Lars J ^a,b   Mohamed, Abdalla J ^a,c   Smith, C I Edvard ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nuclear localization signal; Oligonucleotide; Peptide nucleic acid; Plasmid; Transfection; Translocation

Indexed keywords

DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRAIN COS1; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEIC ACID TRANSPORT; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032859928     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/11726     Document Type: Article

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