Cyclic Peptide-Gadolinium Nanocomplexes as siRNA Delivery Tools

• Main Authors: Amir Nasrolahi Shirazi (Author), Muhammad Imran Sajid (Author), Dindyal Mandal (Author), David Stickley (Author), Stephanie Nagasawa (Author), Joshua Long (Author), Sandeep Lohan (Author), Keykavous Parang (Author), Rakesh Kumar Tiwari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We have recently reported that a cyclic peptide containing five tryptophan, five arginine, and one cysteine amino acids [(WR)₅C], was able to produce peptide-capped gadolinium nanoparticles, [(WR)₅C]-GdNPs, in the range of 240 to 260 nm upon mixing with...