The homeodomain derived peptide Penetratin induces curvature of fluid membrane domains.

BACKGROUND:Protein membrane transduction domains that are able to cross the plasma membrane are present in several transcription factors, such as the homeodomain proteins and the viral proteins such as Tat of HIV-1. Their discovery resulted in both new concepts on the cell communication during devel...

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Main Authors: Antonin Lamazière, Claude Wolf, Olivier Lambert, Gérard Chassaing, Germain Trugnan, Jesus Ayala-Sanmartin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2276244?pdf=render