Studying the uptake of cell-penetrating peptides

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1001-1005

  Holm, Tina ^a   Johansson, Henrik ^a   Lundberg, Pontus ^a   Pooga, Margus ^b   Lindgren, Maria ^a   Langel, Ülo ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMISTRY; FLUOROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

CATIONS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; FLUORESCEINS; FLUOROMETRY; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 34548161524     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.174     Document Type: Article

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