Do cell-penetrating peptides actually penetrate cellular membranes?

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 695-697

  Palm Apergi, Caroline ^a   Lönn, Peter ^a   Dowdy, Steven F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAPEDIA PROTEIN; ARGININE; CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; HEMAGGLUTININ; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; DROSOPHILA; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84859387896     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: 15250024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mt.2012.40     Document Type: Note

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