Signal peptide mimics conjugated to peptide nucleic acid: A promising solution for improving cell membrane permeability

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 153-157

  Li, Xiaoxu ^a   Zhang, Liangren ^a   Lu, Jingfen ^a   Chen, Yaozu ^b   Min, Jimei ^a   Zhang, Lihe ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMOLECULES; BLOOD; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE;

BINDING ABILITIES; BIOSTABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL UPTAKE; GENE TARGETING; HEXAPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE MIMICS; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SPECIFIC BINDING;

PEPTIDES;

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DECAPEPTIDE; DNA; HEXAPEPTIDE; PENTADECAPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; RESIN; RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONJUGATION; DNA BINDING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; RNA BINDING; SOLUBILITY; SPIN LABELING; SURFACE CHARGE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037257703     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc025585w     Document Type: Article

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