Carbon Nanotubes as Intracellular Transporters for Proteins and DNA: An Investigation of the Uptake Mechanism and Pathway

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DNA-assisted dispersion and separation of carbon nanotubes

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Carbon nanotubes as multifunctional biological transporters and near-infrared agents for selective cancer cell destruction

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Nanotube Molecular Transporters:  Internalization of Carbon Nanotube−Protein Conjugates into Mammalian Cells

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Translocation of bioactive peptides across cell membranes by carbon nanotubesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: details of the synthesis and characterization, cell culture, TEM, epifluorescence and confocal microscopy images of CNTs 1, 2 and fluorescein. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b3/b311254c/

Davide Pantarotto, Jean‐Paul Briand, Alberto Bianco · Chemical Communications · 2003 · 1.1K citations

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