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Laila Dafik1, Venkateshwarlu Kalsani, Anthony Kar Lun Leung

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.

まとめ

酸化脂質は細胞によって急速に内化され,タンパク質を輸送する効率が向上しています. これらの脂質は,短い干渉RNA (siRNA) のようなサイトプラズマ分子のための分子トランスポーターとして有望を示しています.

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