Abstract
Delivery of medium or high molecular-weight compounds (including large proteins) and drugs to cells has recently been achieved through conjugation to certain peptide carriers, such as penetratin, Tat-peptide, and MSP (Table 1 and ref. 1–15).
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Awasthi, S.K., Nielsen, P.E. (2002). Synthesis of PNA-Peptide Conjugates. In: Nielsen, P.E. (eds) Peptide Nucleic Acids. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 208. Springer, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-290-2:43
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