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The oligopeptide transport system of E. coli can be used to bring normally impermeant substances into the cell after linkage of the compound to a peptide.
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FICKEL, T., GILVARG, C. Transport of Impermeant Substances in E. coli by Way of Oligopeptide Permease. Nature New Biology 241, 161–163 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio241161a0
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