Synthesis and in vivo imaging of a 18F-labeled PARP1 inhibitor using a chemically orthogonal scavenger-assisted high-performance method.
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SUBMITTER: Reiner T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3471140 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
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Synthesis and in vivo imaging of a 18F-labeled PARP1 inhibitor using a chemically orthogonal scavenger-assisted high-performance method.
Reiner Thomas T Keliher Edmund J EJ Earley Sarah S Marinelli Brett B Weissleder Ralph R
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20110121 8
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