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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Qian Wang, Columbia, SC (US);
Kai LI, Henan, CN;
Charlene Mello, Rochester, MA (US);
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Abstract
Reactive and modified M13 bacteriophages, and methods of making and using the same, are generally provided. The reactive M13 bacteriophage can include a alkyne functional group covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage. The modified M13 bacteriophage can include a substituent covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage via a 1,2,3-triazole linkage. Dual-modified M13 bacteriophages are also generally provided, and can include a cancer-targeting substituent covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage and a fluorescent group covalently attached to the M13 bacteriophage. The modified M13 bacteriophages can not only be employed as a fluorescent probe for cancer imaging, but also can be used as biomaterials for cell alignment and scaffolding.