Fifteen years of cell-penetrating, guanidinium-rich molecular transporters: Basic science, research tools, and clinical applications

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2944-2954

  Stanzl, Erika Geihe ^a   Trantow, Brian M ^a   Vargas, Jessica R ^a   Wender, Paul A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; GUANIDINE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES; GUANIDINE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 84890766631     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar4000554     Document Type: Article

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