abstract |
The present invention relates to an amino acid sequence being able to facilitate penetration of a substance of interest inside cells and/or cell nuclei and having the following formula (I) [(X 1 ) p [(X) o (B) n X B X X B] m (X 2 ) q wherein X 1 and X 2 are amino acid sequences of 1 to 20 amino acids; p and q are whole numbers between 0 and 5; B is a basic amino acid; X is a non-basic, preferably hydrophobic amino acid, such as alanine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, valine or tyrosine; n is 2 or 3; m is 1 to 4; o is 0 or 1, between 0 and 5; B is a basic amino acid; X is a non-basic, preferably hydrophobic amino acid, such as alanine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine phenylalanine, tryptophan, valine or tyrosine; n is 2 or 3; m is 1 to 4; o is 0 or 1. |