Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Dec 10. doi: 10.1039/b819098d. [Epub ahead of print]

A lysine walk to high relaxivity collagen-targeted MRI contrast agents

Caravan P, Das B, Deng Q, Dumas S, Jacques V, Koerner SK, Kolodziej A, Looby RJ, Sun WC, Zhang Z.

Abstract

A strategy for preparing peptide-based magnetic resonance contrast agents with multiple gadolinium chelates is described.

PMID: 19137175
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