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PET imaging of HSV1-tk mutants with acquired specificity toward pyrimidine- and acycloguanosine-based radiotracers.
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging - 1 Aug 2009
Likar Yury, Dobrenkov Konstantin, Olszewska Malgorzata, Shenker Larissa, Cai Shangde, Hricak Hedvig, Ponomarev Vladimir
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PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to create an alternative mutant of the herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase (HSV1-tk) reporter gene with reduced phosphorylation capacity for acycloguanosine derivatives, but not pyrimidine-based compounds that will allow for successful PET imaging. METH...
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