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Targeted delivery into motor nerve terminals of inhibitors for SNARE-cleaving proteases via liposomes coupled to an atoxic botulinum neurotoxin.
The FEBS journal - 1 Jul 2012
Edupuganti Om P, Ovsepian Saak V, Wang Jiafu, Zurawski Tomas H, Schmidt James J, Smith Leonard, Lawrence Gary W, Dolly J Oliver
Abstract excerpt
A targeted drug carrier (TDC) is described for transferring functional proteins or peptides into motor nerve terminals, a pivotal locus for therapeutics to treat neuromuscular disorders. It exploits the pronounced selectivity of botulinum neurotoxin type B (BoNT/B) for interacting with acceptors on these cholinergic nerve endings and becoming internalized. The gene encoding an innocuous BoNT/B protease-inactive...
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