Application of a Fusiogenic Peptide GALA for Intracellular Delivery

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 683, Issue , 2011, Pages 525-533

  Nakase, Ikuhiko ^a   Kogure, Kentaro ^b   Harashima, Hideyoshi ^c   Futaki, Shiroh ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cationic liposome; Cytosolic delivery; Endosomal escape; GALA; Membrane fusiogenic peptide

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; BIOTIN; DNA; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GALA PEPTIDE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSOL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIDIN; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOTIN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; CYTOSOL; DNA; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 79952197851     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-919-2_37     Document Type: Chapter

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