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A single replacement of histidine to arginine in EGFR-lytic hybrid peptide demonstrates the improved anticancer activity.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 8 Apr 2011
Tada Noriko, Horibe Tomohisa, Haramoto Mari, Ohara Koji, Kohno Masayuki, Kawakami Koji
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We previously reported that novel targeted "hybrid peptide" in which epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) binding peptide was conjugated with lytic-type peptide had selective cytotoxic activity to EGFR expressing cancer cell lines, and in vivo analysis revealed that this EGFR-lytic peptide displayed significant antitumor activity in a xenograft model of human breast cancer which was resistant to tyrosine...
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