| Literature DB >> 18173225 |
Mehmet Veysel Yigit1, Debapriya Mazumdar, Yi Lu.
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Design of smart MRI contrast agent based on superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and aptamers has been described for the detection of human alpha-thrombin protein. The contrast agent is based on the assembly of the aptamer functionalized nanoparticles in the presence of thrombin. A detectable change in MRI signal is observed with 25 nM thrombin in human serum. Changes were neither observed with control analytes, streptavidin, or bovine serum albumin, nor with inactive aptamer functionalized nanoparticles.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18173225 DOI: 10.1021/bc7003928
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioconjug Chem ISSN: 1043-1802 Impact factor: 4.774