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SUBMITTER: Matosziuk LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3805786 | biostudies-other | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Matosziuk Lauren M LM Leibowitz Jonathan H JH Heffern Marie C MC MacRenaris Keith W KW Ratner Mark A MA Meade Thomas J TJ
Inorganic chemistry 20130618 21
We report the structural optimization and mechanistic investigation of a series of bioactivated magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents that transform from low relaxivity to high relaxivity in the presence of Zn(II). The change in relaxivity results from a structural transformation of the complex that alters the coordination environment about the Gd(III) center. Here, we have performed a series of systematic modifications to determine the structure that provides the optimal change in relaxivi ...[more]