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Peptide nucleic acid-zirconium coordination nanoparticles [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Ideal drug carriers feature a high loading capacity to minimize the exposure of patients with excessive, inactive carrier materials. The highest imaginable loading capacity could be achieved by nanocarriers, which are assembled from the therapeutic cargo
Özgür Öztürk +6 more
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Visible Light-Induced Templated Metathesis of Peptide–Nucleic Acid Conjugates with a Diselenide Bridge [PDF]
Biomolecules, 2023 The use of template molecules as chemical scaffolds that significantly influence the course of the reaction has recently been intensively studied. Peptide nucleic acids (PNA) are molecules that mimic natural nucleic acids.
Mateusz Waliczek +4 more
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Peptide-nucleic acid nanostructures for transfection
Biomolecular Concepts, 2012 To use nucleic acids in biomedical research and medical applications, these highly hydrophilic macromolecules have to be transported through the organism, targeted to specific cell surfaces, and have to cross cellular barriers.
Bechinger Burkhard
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Cell-permeable peptide nucleic acid antisense oligonucleotide platform targeting human betacoronaviruses [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionAntisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) with therapeutic potential have recently been reported to target the SARS-CoV-2 genome. Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs)-based ASOs have been regarded as promising drug candidates, but intracellular delivery has ...
Soree Park +10 more
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Peptide Nucleic Acid-Based Biosensors for Cancer Diagnosis
Molecules, 2017 The monitoring of DNA and RNA biomarkers freely circulating in the blood constitutes the basis of innovative cancer detection methods based on liquid biopsy.
Roberta D’Agata +2 more
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Investigation of the Characteristics of NLS-PNA: Influence of NLS Location on Invasion Efficiency
Applied Sciences, 2020 Peptide nucleic acid can recognise sequences in double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) through the formation of a double-duplex invasion complex. This double-duplex invasion is a promising method for the recognition of dsDNA in cellula because peptide nucleic acid (
Yuichiro Aiba +3 more
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Acid-base and lipophilic properties of peptide nucleic acid derivatives
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 2021 The first combined experimental and theoretical study on the ionization and lipophilic properties of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) derivatives, including eleven PNA monomers and two PNA decamers, is described.
Pramod Thakare +6 more
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Peptide-Based Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Nucleic Acid Delivery
Biomedicines, 2021 Gene therapy offers the possibility to skip, repair, or silence faulty genes or to stimulate the immune system to fight against disease by delivering therapeutic nucleic acids (NAs) to a patient.
Prisca Boisguérin +4 more
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Applied Sciences, 2022 Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) is an analog of natural nucleic acids, where the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA is replaced by an electrostatically neutral N-(2-aminoethyl)glycine backbone.
Yuichiro Aiba +2 more
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Modular self-assembly of gamma-modified peptide nucleic acids in organic solvent mixtures
Nature Communications, 2020 Nucleic acid-based materials are usually only compatible with aqueous solutions. Here, the authors show a structural nucleic acid nanotechnology using gamma-modified peptide nucleic acids that enables formation of solvent-compatible, self-assembling ...
Sriram Kumar +3 more
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