CPP, Cell-Penetrating Peptides

• Main Author: Langel, Ülo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Proteins .; Molecular biology.; Medicinal chemistry.; Protein Science.; Molecular Medicine.; Medicinal Chemistry.

In this book, a summary and update of the most important areas of CPP research are presented, whilst raising relevant questions for further development. The CPP sequences are presented and discussed throughout the book. The methods for testing CPP mechanisms are discussed in detail. Various approach...

Table of Contents:

• Classes and applications of CPP
• CPP functionalization
• Protein delivery and mimicry
• Targeting strategies
• Methods for detection and visualization of CPPs
• Methods for structural studies of CPPs
• Kinetics
• Toxicity and immune response
• Cell-translocation mechanisms of CPPs
• Clinical trials and commercialization using CPPs
• Therapeutic potential of CPPs.