Peptide Nucleic Acids as a Tool for Site-Specific Gene Editing
Molecules, 2018 Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) can bind duplex DNA in a sequence-targeted manner, forming a triplex structure capable of inducing DNA repair and producing specific genome modifications.
Adele S. Ricciardi +4 more
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Peptide-Based Nanoassemblies in Gene Therapy and Diagnosis: Paving the Way for Clinical Application
Molecules, 2020 Nanotechnology approaches play an important role in developing novel and efficient carriers for biomedical applications. Peptides are particularly appealing to generate such nanocarriers because they can be rationally designed to serve as building blocks
Shabnam Tarvirdipour +4 more
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Introduction to protein folding for physicists [PDF]
, 2007 The prediction of the three-dimensional native structure of proteins from the knowledge of their amino acid sequence, known as the protein folding problem, is one of the most important yet unsolved issues of modern science.
Abagyan R. A. +21 more
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Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids (ce-PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding.
PLoS ONE, 2015 New polyanionic modifications of polyamide nucleic acid mimics were obtained. Thymine decamers were synthesized from respective chiral α- and γ-monomers, and their enantiomeric purity was assessed. Here, we present the decamer synthesis, purification and
Yuliya Kirillova +9 more
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Unusual Metabolism and Hypervariation in the Genome of a Gracilibacterium (BD1-5) from an Oil-Degrading Community. [PDF]
, 2019 The candidate phyla radiation (CPR) comprises a large monophyletic group of bacterial lineages known almost exclusively based on genomes obtained using cultivation-independent methods.
Andersen, Gary L +7 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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Peptide Nucleic Acids and Gene Editing: Perspectives on Structure and Repair
Molecules, 2020 Unusual nucleic acid structures are salient triggers of endogenous repair and can occur in sequence-specific contexts. Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) rely on these principles to achieve non-enzymatic gene editing.
Nicholas G. Economos +5 more
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Trypsin inhibition by macrocyclic and open-chain variants of the squash inhibitor MCoTI-II [PDF]
, 2005 MCoTl-I and MCoTl-II from the seeds of Momordica cochinchinensis are inhibitors of trypsin-like proteases and the only known members of the large family of squash inhibitors that are cyclic and contain an additional loop connecting the amino- and the ...
Avrutina, Olga +6 more
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Optimization of synthetic route to PNA-T-OH monomers
Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry, 2018 Peptide nucleic acids are synthetic molecules crafted to mimic natural nucleic acids, and thus, they are widely utilized in many chemical, and, biomedical applications.
Onur Alptürk, Z. Sevcan Yeşilbaş
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Unbiased protein association study on the public human proteome reveals biological connections between co-occurring protein pairs [PDF]
, 2017 Mass-spectrometry-based, high-throughput proteomics experiments produce large amounts of data. While typically acquired to answer specific biological questions, these data can also be reused in orthogonal wayS to reveal new biological knowledge.
Gupta, Surya +3 more
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