| Literature DB >> 25400902 |
Haoyu Tang1, Lichen Yin1, Kyung Hoon Kim1, Jianjun Cheng1.
Abstract
Poly(arginine) mimics bearing long hydrophobic side chains adopt stable helical conformation and exhibit helix-related cell-penetrating properties. Elongating polypeptide backbone length and increasing side chain hydrophobicity further increase the helicities of poly(arginine) mimics. They show superior cell membrane permeability up to two orders of magnitude higher than that of HIV-TAT peptide and excellent DNA and siRNA delivery efficiencies in various mammalian cells.Entities:
Year: 2013 PMID: 25400902 PMCID: PMC4232443 DOI: 10.1039/C3SC51328A
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Sci ISSN: 2041-6520 Impact factor: 9.825