Polyarginine enters cells more efficiently than other polycationic homopolymers
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- 1 November 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Chemical Biology & Drug Design
- Vol. 56 (5), 318-325
- https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-3011.2000.00723.x
Abstract
Homopolymers or peptides containing a high percentage of cationic amino acids have been shown to have a unique ability to cross the plasma membrane of cells, and consequently have been used...Keywords
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