Linear short histidine and cysteine modified arginine peptides constitute a potential class of DNA delivery agents

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 683-696

  Mann, Anita ^a   Shukla, Vasundhara ^b   Khanduri, Richa ^c   Dabral, Spoorti ^c   Singh, Harpal ^b   Ganguli, Munia ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

arginine peptides; atomic force microscopy; DNA condensation and release balance; endosomal escape; gene delivery; histidine and cysteine; multifunctional peptides

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ARGININE; CYSTEINE; DRUG CARRIER; HISTIDINE; LIPOFECTAMINE; PLASMID DNA; POLYPEPTIDE; DNA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ADDITION REACTION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHO CELL; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOSOME; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TARGET CELL; ZETA POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL LINE; CRICETULUS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE TRANSFER; HAMSTER; HELA CELL LINE; MCF 7 CELL LINE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARGININE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; CYSTEINE; DNA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ENDOSOMES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HELA CELLS; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; MCF-7 CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84901729968     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp400353n     Document Type: Article

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