Compartmentalization of a gadolinium complex in the apoferritin cavity: a route to obtain high relaxivity contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging.
Aime
Silvio
S
Dipartimento di Chimica I.F.M., Università di Torino, via P. Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy. aime@ch.unito.it
Frullano
Luca
L
Geninatti Crich
Simonetta
S
D001052:Apoferritins / Q000737:chemistry*; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D005682:Gadolinium / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008958:Models, Molecular; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D021122:Protein Subunits
D003287:Contrast Media; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D021122:Protein Subunits; D001052:Apoferritins; D005682:Gadolinium