Cell-penetrating peptides: Nanocarrier for macromolecule delivery in living cells

IUBMB Life

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-193

  Chugh, Archana ^a,b   Eudes, François ^a   Shim, Youn Seb ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cellular delivery; Macropinocytosis; Plant system; Protein transduction; Transfection

Indexed keywords

CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; NANOCARRIER; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GAMETOPHYTE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MAMMAL CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PLANT CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; GALANIN; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MITOCHONDRIA; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; PINOCYTOSIS; PLANTS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; WASP VENOMS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77951144106     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.297     Document Type: Review

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