Mechanism Matters: A Taxonomy of Cell Penetrating Peptides

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 749-764

  Kauffman, W Berkeley ^a   Fuselier, Taylor ^a   He, Jing ^a   Wimley, William C ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell penetrating peptide (CPP); Cytosolic delivery; Membrane translocation; Transient permeabilization

Indexed keywords

CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; OLIGOARGININE; PENETRATIN; TP2 PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSPORTAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES; HUMANS;

EID: 84953334711     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: 13624326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2015.10.004     Document Type: Review

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