abstract |
The invention concerns transfecting peptide vector, a composition containing said vector and their applications for treating and preventing diseases in human beings and animals. Said vector for transfecting a chemical substance selected in the group consisting of nucleic acid sequences, proteins, peptides and pharmacologically active substances, contains besides said chemical substance, at least a transfecting peptide derived entirely or partially from an adenovirus fibre and comprising at least a zone consisting of at least 50% hydrophobic amino acids selected in the group consisting of alanine, valine, phenylamine, isoleucine, leucine, proline and methionine. |