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Abstract
Pyrrole-imidazole (Py-Im) polyamides are a group of chemicals that are able to bind specifically to DNA sequences in vitro and in mammalian cells. Using a cell based reporter assay, we investigated the size and linker affects on the cellular permeability of polyamides. We found that the conventional beta-alanine-3,3'-diamino-N-methyldipropylamine (betaDa) linker strongly limited the cellular permeability. We discovered that a short ethylene diamine (Et) linker displayed high cellular permeability. With the improved Et linker, we found that the cellular permeability of polyamides was size-dependent.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19610652 PMCID: PMC2810552 DOI: 10.1021/jm9002999
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Chem ISSN: 0022-2623 Impact factor: 7.446