Chemical modifications of peptide nucleic acids to enhance cell membrane permeability

Minerva Biotecnologica

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-226

  Scarfì, Sonia ^a   Giovine, Marco ^a   Millo, Enrico ^a   Benatti, Umberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b DIMES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Internalization; Peptides; PNA; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033384711     PISSN: 11204826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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