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Carbon Nanotubes as Intracellular Transporters for Proteins and DNA: An Investigation of the Uptake Mechanism and Pathway
Author(s) -
Kam Nadine Wong Shi,
Liu Zhuang,
Dai Hongjie
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200503389
Subject(s) - intracellular , mechanism (biology) , dna , transporter , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , gene , biochemistry , biology , philosophy , epistemology
Endocytosis or not endocytosis : The pathway of the internalization of single‐walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) conjugates into mammalian cells was determined to be energy‐dependent endocytosis through clathrin‐coated pits.