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Acid-cleavable compound

US4542225A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 1984
Grant dateSep 17, 1985
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2004

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D405/12
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Amino-sulfhydryl cross-linking reagents that are cleavable under mildly acidic conditions are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the cross-linkers, as well as methods of using the cross-linkers, e.g., to deliver a biologically active substance across the membranes of selected cells in a heterogeneous cell population; once inside the cell the active substance is released, intact, by the transient, mild acidity of certain cell structures. Finally, a method of characterizing complex multi-chain protein structures is disclosed.

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