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. 2014 Mar 10;14(4):2058–2064. doi: 10.1021/nl5002313

Table 2. Nanopeptifier Figures-of-Merit Quantified by Flow Cytometry.

nanopeptifier CPP functionalization leakage uptakea amplified uptakea gainb
Arg5-ELPBC RRRRR 2.5 12.5 5.0
Arg8-ELPBC RRRRRRRR 11.0 129.4 11.8
TAT-ELPBC YGRKKRRQRRR 10.0 101.9 10.2
RTAT-ELPBC YGRGGRRGRRR 2.9 23.0 7.9
ELPBC none 1.0 0.9 0.9
a

Measured in arbitrary units of cellular fluorescence, normalized to leakage uptake of nonfunctionalized ELPBC.

b

Defined as the ratio of amplified to leakage uptake.