| Literature DB >> 16220906 |
Wenzhong Gao1, Bengang Xing, Roger Y Tsien, Jianghong Rao.
Abstract
A new class of small nonfluorescent fluorogenic substrates becomes brightly fluorescent after beta-lactamase hydrolysis with up to 153-fold enhancement in the fluorescence intensity. Less than 500 fM of beta-lactamase in cell lysates can be readily detected, and beta-lactamase expression in living cells can be imaged with a red fluorescence derivative. These new fluorogenic substrates should find uses in clinical diagnostics and facilitate the applications of beta-lactamase as a biosensor.Mesh:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 16220906 DOI: 10.1021/ja036126o
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419