[EN] PROBES FOR RAPID AND SPECIFIC DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIA<br/>[FR] SONDES POUR LA DÉTECTION RAPIDE ET SPÉCIFIQUE DE MYCOBACTÉRIES
申请人:UNIV LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR
公开号:WO2017027062A1
公开(公告)日:2017-02-16
The compositions of the present disclosure provide novel fluorogenic probes for use in the specific imaging and detection of mycobacteria species, and in particular β-lactam- antibiotic resistant. Specificity for mycobacteria is conferred on these probes by incorporating a moiety that specifically targets the unique trapping mechanism of the DprE1 found in in mycobacteria. Accordingly, only Mycobacteria species that express both a β- lactamase and DprE1 enable both the activation of the caged fluorescent probe, and the affixing of the released fluorescent probes to the bacteria cells through the functioning reduction-covalent binding mechanism. Advantageously, such a probe is able, at its most sensitive, to allow single mycobacterium detection.
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