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CONTENTS<br />

0-8493-1141-1/02/$0.00+$1.50<br />

© 2002 by CRC Press LLC<br />

Signal Sequence-Based<br />

Cell-Penetrating<br />

Peptides and Their<br />

Applications for Gene<br />

Delivery<br />

May C. Morris, Laurent Chaloin, Frédéric Heitz,<br />

and Gilles Divita<br />

5.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................94<br />

5.2 Signal Sequence: The Nuclear Localization Sequence.................................94<br />

5.2.1 Introduction: The Nuclear Localization Sequence............................94<br />

5.2.2 Mechanism of Nuclear Transport ......................................................95<br />

5.2.3 NLS Involved in the Delivery of Active Cargo.................................97<br />

5.3 NLS-Containing Cell-Penetrating Peptides...................................................99<br />

5.3.1 Signal Sequence-Based Peptides: Import and Targeting Signals......99<br />

5.3.2 Import Signal Sequences ...................................................................99<br />

5.3.3 Applications for NLS in Cell-Penetrating Peptides ........................100<br />

5.4 Utilization of the NLS Pathway for Nuclear Import of Gene<br />

Delivery Vectors ...........................................................................................102<br />

5.4.1 Challenges in Gene Delivery...........................................................102<br />

5.4.2 Noncovalent Incorporation of Nuclear Localization Sequences.....102<br />

5.4.2.1 Covalent Linkage of NLS to Condensing Agents ...........104<br />

5.4.2.2 NLS Linkage Directly to DNA ........................................104<br />

5.5 Design and Evaluation of NLS-Containing Cell-Penetrating Peptides ......105<br />

5.5.1 Mechanism of Cell Delivery............................................................105<br />

5.5.2 Mechanism of Nuclear Transport ....................................................106<br />

5.6 Conclusions ..................................................................................................108<br />

References..............................................................................................................109<br />

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