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Date publication
janvier 2013
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BECHINGER Burkhard
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Dr KICHLER Antoine
Tous les auteurs :
Kichler A, Mason AJ, Marquette A, Bechinger B
Lien Pubmed
Résumé
Amphipathic, pH-responsive, membrane-active peptides such as LAH4 and derivatives thereof have the ability to effectively deliver genes and small interfering RNA (siRNA) into mammalian cells. Their ability to bind and protect nucleic acids and then disrupt membranes when activated at low pH enables them to harness the endocytic machinery to deliver cargo efficiently and with low associated toxicity. This chapter describes protocols for the chemical synthesis of transfection peptides of the LAH4 family, complex formation with nucleic acids, and their use for the in vitro delivery of either plasmid DNA or siRNA into mammalian cell lines.
Référence
Methods Mol Biol. 2013;948:85-103
