Gene transport and expression by arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides in Paramecium

Gene

Volumn 489, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-97

  Dai, Yun Hao ^a   Liu, Betty Revon ^a   Chiang, Huey Jenn ^a   Lee, Han Jung ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3 (4,5 Dimethylthiazol 2 yl) 2,5 diohenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay; Cell penetrating peptide (CPP); Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Paramecium caudatum; Transformation; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ARGININE; CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HR9 PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; PR9 PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC NONA ARGININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOZOON; TRANSGENICS;

ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; PLASMIDS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TRANSFECTION;

EUKARYOTA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 80054869039     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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