title: Highly sensitive, operationally simple, cost/time effective detection of the mycolactones from the human pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans.
abstract: A boronate-assisted fluorogenic chemosensor in a solid phase is developed, selectively to detect the mycolactones produced by the human pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Spangenberg
authors.forename: Yoshito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kishi
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D054312:Buruli Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D006801:Humans; D018942:Macrolides; D019911:Mycobacterium ulcerans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D018942:Macrolides; C117218:mycolactone