A novel leucine zipper motif-based hybrid peptide delivers a functional peptide cargo inside cells.
Chem Commun (Camb) 2015;
51:413-6. [DOI:
10.1039/c4cc07459a]
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Abstract
We delivered a hybrid of an autophagy-inducing peptide and a cell-penetrating peptide via heterodimeric leucine zippers into the cell. By this method, the peptide successfully induced autophagy without significant cell death.
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