Intracellular uptake and inhibition of gene expression by PNAs and PNA-peptide conjugates

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 45, 2004, Pages 14340-14347

  Kaihatsu, Kunihiro ^a   Huffman, Kenneth E ^a   Corey, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIPIDS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PROTEINS; RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMALIAN CELLS; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS (PNA);

GENES;

CAVEOLIN 1; DNA; LIPID; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

CAVEOLIN 1; CAVEOLINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; ENDOTHELIUM; GENE SILENCING; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; TRANSFECTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 8544237783     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048519l     Document Type: Article

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