Madhumita Chakraborty and Siddhartha Roy
Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 376-379
DOI:
10.1039/C6CC08086C,
Communication
Selectively regulating genes is an important goal in Chemical Biology. We report the development of a peptide-based synthetic transcription factor which binds the targeted DNA sequence with high affinity and single base-pair discrimination capability. When delivered inside a tumor cell, it regulated targeted genes selectively and inhibited cell proliferation.