Visualizing Borrelia burgdorferi infection using a small molecule imaging probe.
M. G. Sell, D. A. Alcorta, A. E. Padilla, D. W. Nollner, N. R. Hasenkampf, H. S. Lambert, M. E. Embers, N. L. Spector
This study develops a small molecule imaging probe, HS-198, that targets B. burgdorferi's HtpG protein to visualize infection in vivo and identify the bacteria in murine models.
bioRxiv · Sep 4, 2020Microbiology