Recombinant protein (EGFP-Protein G)-coated PbS quantum dots for <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i> dual fluorescence (visible and second-NIR) imaging of breast tumors

Sasaki, Akira; Tsukasaki, Yoshikazu; Komatsuzaki, Akihito; Sakata, Takao; Yasuda, Hidehiro; Jin, Takashi

doi:10.1039/c4nr06480a

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Recombinant protein (EGFP-Protein G)-coated PbS quantum dots for in vitro and in vivo dual fluorescence (visible and second-NIR) imaging of breast tumors

Published in Nanoscale • Dec 22, 2014

Authors:

Akira Sasaki

Yoshikazu Tsukasaki

Akihito Komatsuzaki

Abstract

We report a one-step synthetic strategy for the preparation of recombinant protein (EGFP-Protein G)-coated PbS quantum dots for dual (visible and second-NIR) fluorescence imaging of breast tumors at the cellular and whole-body level.

Subject

Green fluorescent protein

In vivo

Fluorescence

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