Direct translocation of histone molecules across cell membranes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 4577-4586

  Hariton Gazal, Elana ^a   Rosenbluh, Joseph ^a   Graessmann, Adolf ^b   Gilon, Chaim ^a   Loyter, Abraham ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CPP; Delivery; Direct penetration; Endocytosis; Histone

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; BREFELDIN A; CHLOROQUINE; COLCHICINE; CYTOCHALASIN D; HISTONE; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; NOCODAZOLE; NYSTATIN; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL ASSAY; CELL ENERGY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURFACE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROMOLECULE; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOCYTOSIS; HELA CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; KARYOPHERINS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NOCODAZOLE; SUCROSE;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0344465848     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00757     Document Type: Article

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