Using Ultrasound to Image Bacteria in vivo: Acoustic Reporter Genes
Type
Blog Post
Published
June 19, 2018, 1:38 p.m.
...Fluorescent reporters are not as well suited for imaging organs located deep in the body, like the gastrointestinal...the reporter and fail to pinpoint what tissue or organ this signal is coming from.
Acoustic reporter...where the bacteria localize in relation to internal organs. The limit of detection for arg1 expressing ECN...research? arg1 and arg2 plasmids are available from Addgene!
References
1 Bourdeau, R.W., Lee-Gosselin, A....PubMed PMID: 29300010.
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