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Ibrahim Yildiz1, Irina Tsvetkova2, Amy M Wen1, Sourabh Shukla1, M Hema Masarapu2, Bogdan Dragnea2, Nicole F Steinmetz3.
Abstract
Viral nanoparticles (VNPs) are becoming versatile tools in platform technology development. Their well-defined structures as well as their programmability through chemical and genetic modification allow VNPs to be engineered for potential imaging and therapeutic applications. In this article, we report the application of a variety of bioconjugation chemistries to the plant VNP Brome mosaic virus (BMV). Functional BMV nanoparticles displaying multiple copies of fluorescent dyes, PEG molecules, chemotherapeutic drug moieties, targeting proteins and cell penetrating peptides were formulated. This opens the door for the application of BMV in nanomedicine.Entities:
Year: 2012 PMID: 28018580 PMCID: PMC5180450 DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01376B
Source DB: PubMed Journal: RSC Adv ISSN: 2046-2069 Impact factor: 3.361