Synthesis and cellular penetration properties of new phosphonium based cationic amphiphilic peptides [PDF]
, 2018 A new category of phosphonium based cationic amphiphilic peptides has been developed and evaluated as potential antimicrobial peptides and cell penetrating peptides.
Gannon, Susan +7 more
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Medicine in Drug Discovery, 2021 Peptide therapeutics represents a significant and growing area for manufacturing companies utilizing both chemical and recombinant methods. Approvals for orally administered peptides such as Linzess® (linaclotide), Trulance® (plecanatide), and most ...
Michael W. Pennington +2 more
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Probing pattern and dynamics of disulfide bridges using synthesis and NMR of an ion channel blocker peptide toxin with multiple diselenide bonds [PDF]
, 2016 Anuroctoxin (AnTx), a 35-amino-acid scorpion toxin containing four disulfide bridges, is a high affinity blocker of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3, but also blocks Kv1.2.
Bartok, Adam +9 more
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017 The protein composition of an Outer Membrane Vesicle (OMV) preparation that constitutes the active pharmaceutical ingredient of VA-MENGOC-BC®, an effective vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis serogroups B, and C is presented.
Yordanka Masforrol +11 more
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Development of a hypersensitive periodate-cleavable amino acid that is methionine- and disulfide-compatible and its application in MHC exchange reagents for T cell Characterisation [PDF]
, 2012 Incorporation of cleavable linkers into peptides and proteins is of particular value in the study of biological processes. Here we describe the synthesis of a cleavable linker that is hypersensitive to oxidative cleavage as the result of the periodate ...
Altman +28 more
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Realizing Serine/Threonine Ligation: Scope and Limitations and Mechanistic Implication Thereof
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2014 Serine/Threonine ligation (STL) has emerged as an alternative tool for protein chemical synthesis, bioconjugations as well as macrocyclization of peptides of various sizes. Owning to the high abundance of Ser/Thr residues in natural peptides and proteins,
Clarence T. T. Wong +10 more
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Melanocortin 1 receptor targeted imaging of melanoma with gold nanocages and positron emission tomography [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: Melanoma is a lethal skin cancer with unmet clinical needs for targeted imaging and therapy. Nanoscale materials conjugated with targeting components have shown great potential to improve tumor delivery efficiency while minimizing undesirable ...
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Membrane-Active Peptides and Their Potential Biomedical Application
Pharmaceutics, 2023 Membrane-active peptides (MAPs) possess unique properties that make them valuable tools for studying membrane structure and function and promising candidates for therapeutic applications.
Andreea Gostaviceanu +3 more
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Advances in Fmoc solid‐phase peptide synthesis
Journal of Peptide Science, 2016 Today, Fmoc SPPS is the method of choice for peptide synthesis. Very‐high‐quality Fmoc building blocks are available at low cost because of the economies of scale arising from current multiton production of therapeutic peptides by Fmoc SPPS.
R. Behrendt, P. White, J. Offer
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Transcription of Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Atria1 Natriuretic Peptide Genes in Human Tissues. [PDF]
, 1994 We have compared the expression of atria1 natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) genes in various human tissues using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction technique.
Dagnino, Lina +3 more
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