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Synthesis and biological properties of DNA-peptide conjugates
1 Department of Environmental and Biological Chemistry, Kyushu School of Engineering, Kinki University, 2 Henkel Research Center of Advanced Technology, Molecular Engineering Institute, Kinki University
Some naturally occurring nuclear localizing signals (NLSs) and some artificially designed peptides were covalently conjugated by solid phase fragment condensation (SPFC) mehtod. These DNA-peptide conjugates showed enhanced permeability into cells as well as enhanced hybrid stability with ss DNA and ds DNA, and also higher resistance against nuclease digestion.