New "multicolor" polypeptide Diamagnetic Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (DIACEST) contrast agents for MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 803-812

  McMahon, Michael T ^a,b   Gilad, Assaf A ^a,b   DeLiso, Marco A ^a   Cromer Berman, Stacey M ^b   Bulte, Jeff W M ^a,b,c   Van Zijl, Peter C M ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

CEST; Chemical exchange rates; Contrast agents; MRI; Peptides; Saturation transfer

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ELECTROSTATICS; FINANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEPTIDES;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CEST; CHEMICAL EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER; CONTRAST AGENT; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGES; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SATURATION TRANSFER;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMIDE; AMINE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; DIAMAGNETIC CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; HYDROXYL GROUP; LYSINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTON; SERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN STABILITY; REPORTER GENE;

EID: 53549113087     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21683     Document Type: Article

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