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18F-Labeling of Radiotracers Functionalized with a Silicon Fluoride Acceptor (SiFA) for Positron Emission Tomography
Published on: January 11, 2020
Fluorinase mediated C-(18)F bond formation, an enzymatic tool for PET labelling
Hai Deng1, Steven L Cobb, Antony D Gee
1University of St Andrews, School of Chemistry and Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, UK KY16 9ST.
Abstract:
The fluorinase enzyme from S. cattleya is applied as a catalyst for the efficient incorporation of [18F]-fluoride into [18F]-5'-fluoro-5'-deoxyadenosine, [18F]-5'-fluoro-5'-deoxyinosine and [18F]-5-fluoro-5-deoxyribose for positron emission tomography (PET) applications.
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