Peptide-conjugated quantum dots activate neuronal receptors and initiate downstream signaling of neurite growth

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 603-607

  Vu, Tania Q ^a   Maddipati, Ravikanth ^b   Blute, Todd A ^c   Nehilla, Barrett J ^d   Nusblat, Leora ^a   Desai, Tejal A ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL FUNCTIONS; NEURITE GROWTH; NEURONAL DIFFERENTIATION; PEPTIDE-CONJUGATED QUANTUM DOTS;

MEDICAL IMAGING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEUROLOGY; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SIGNALING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSCEIVERS;

POLYPEPTIDES;

LIGAND; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; QUANTUM DOT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FLUORESCENCE; NERVE CELL; NEURITE; RAT; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLUORESCENCE; LIGANDS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURITES; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; PEPTIDES; QUANTUM DOTS; RATS; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 18144391953     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl047977c     Document Type: Article

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