Self-assembling, protein-based intracellular bacterial organelles: Emerging vehicles for encapsulating, targeting and delivering therapeutical cargoes

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Corchero, José L ^a,b   Cedano, Juan ^b,c  

^a BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Protein delivery; Self assembling proteins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CARBOXYSOME PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA CARBOXYSOME PROTEIN; COBAMAMIDE; ENCAPSULIN; ETHANOLAMINE; NANOSHELL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG CARRIER; PROTEIN;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HALOTHIOBACILLUS NEAPOLITANUS; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOMEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; ORGANELLES; PROTEINS;

EID: 80155179407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-10-92     Document Type: Review

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