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Deuterated Carbohydrate Probes as ‘Label-Free’ Substrates for Probing Nutrient Uptake in Mycobacteria by Nuclear Reaction Analysis

Lowery, R.; Gibson, M.I.; Thompson, R.L.; Fullam, E.

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Authors

R. Lowery

M.I. Gibson

E. Fullam



Abstract

Understanding and probing small molecule uptake in cells is challenging, requiring sterically large chemical labels, or radioactive isotopes. Here, the uptake of deuterated sugars by Mycobacterium smegmatis, a non-pathogenic model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has been investigated using ion-beam (nuclear reaction) analysis demonstrating a new technique for label-free nutrient acquisition measurement.

Citation

Lowery, R., Gibson, M., Thompson, R., & Fullam, E. (2015). Deuterated Carbohydrate Probes as ‘Label-Free’ Substrates for Probing Nutrient Uptake in Mycobacteria by Nuclear Reaction Analysis. Chemical Communications, 51(23), 4838-4841. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc09588j

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 12, 2015
Publication Date Mar 21, 2015
Deposit Date Feb 17, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Chemical Communications
Print ISSN 1359-7345
Electronic ISSN 1364-548X
Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 51
Issue 23
Pages 4838-4841
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc09588j

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