Sensing Living Bacteria in Vivo Using d-Alanine-Derived 11C Radiotracers
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DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00743
Abstract: Incorporation of d-amino acids into peptidoglycan is a unique metabolic feature of bacteria. Since d-amino acids are not metabolic substrates in most mammalian tissues, this difference can be exploited to detect living bacteria in vivo.… read more here.
Keywords: alanine; 11c alanine; vivo using; bacteria vivo ... See more keywords