New Acoustic Reporter Genes: Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression
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... they are based on light which is very easily scattered by tissue. Ultrasound, on the other hand, is a...protein nanostructures called gas vesicles, which scatter sound waves and thereby produce ultrasound contrast...limiting their applicability. They also did not scatter ultrasound nonlinearly, making them difficult to...out to develop next-generation bARGs that could scatter ultrasound nonlinearly and be easily expressed ...promoter pBAD and a low-copy number origin of replication (p15A) worked best under a wide range of inducer...smaller genetic footprint, and nonlinear acoustic scattering. The best candidate for this was the Anabaena...