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Sequence
- GLFRALLRLLRSLWRLLLRA
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Sequence Name
- Sequence 20 from Patent US 20100279918
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Source
- Synthetic construct
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Patent Type
- Patent Application
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Publication Date
- 2010-11-4
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Patent Title
- Chimeric Constructs Between Cancer-Homing Peptides and Cell-Penetrating Peptides Coupled to Anticancer Drugs and/or Diagnostic Agent/Agents.
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Abstract
- A construct comprising a cancer-homing peptide, an optional linker and a cell-penetrating peptide coupled to an anticancer drug and/or a diagnostic agent is disclosed. The homing peptide is for example a linear pentapeptide such as CREKA (SEQ ID NO:1), AREKA (SEQ 5 ID NO: 23) or CREKA0 (SEQ ID NO: 23), or a cyclic nonapeptide CPGPEGAGC (SEQ ID NO:2), and the cell-penetrating peptide is for example one of the peptides SEQ ID NO:3-SEQ ID NO:20. The anticancer drug may be selected from alkylating agents, antimetabolites and cytotoxic antibiotics, and the diagnostic agent may be a fluorescent label. Further, a method of delivering an anticancer drug and/or a diagnostic agent into a cancer cell 0 comprising administration of a construct according to the invention in vivo or in vitro is described.