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Francis Blankenberg

Publication Details

  • Tumor imaging using a standardized radiolabeled adapter protein docked to vascular endothelial growth factor.

    Blankenberg FG, Mandl S, Cao YA, O'Connell-Rodwell C, Contag C, Mari C, Gaynutdinov TI, Vanderheyden JL, Backer MV, Backer JM. J Nucl Med. 2004; 45 (8): 1373-80

    Direct radiolabeling of proteins can result in the loss of targeting activity, requires highly customized procedures, and yields heterogeneous products. Here we describe a novel imaging complex comprised of a standardized (99m)Tc-radiolabeled adapter protein noncovalently bound to a "Docking tag" fused to a "Targeting protein". The assembly of this complex is based on interactions between human 109-amino acid (HuS) and 15-amino acid (Hu-tag) fragments of ribonuclease I, which serve as an "Adapter protein" and a Docking tag, respectively.

    PubMedID: 15299064

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