Issue 15, 2006
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Chemical Communications

Selective recognition of bacterial membranes by zinc(ii)-coordination complexes†

W. Matthew Leevy,ab   James R. Johnson,a   C. Lakshmi,a   Joshua Morris,a   Manuel Marquezb  and  Bradley D. Smith*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
E-mail: smith.115@nd.edu
Fax: 574.631.6652
Tel: 574.631.8632

b INEST Group, Research Center, Philip Morris USA, 4201 Commerce Rd, Richmond, VA 23234, USA

Abstract

Two fluorophore–dipicolylamine–Zn2+ conjugates are shown by epifluorescence microscopy to stain the membranes of bacterial cells in preference to mammalian cells.

Graphical abstract: Selective recognition of bacterial membranes by zinc(ii)-coordination complexes

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B517519D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Dec 2005
Accepted
30 Jan 2006
First published
16 Feb 2006

Chem. Commun., 2006, 1595-1597

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W. M. Leevy, J. R. Johnson, C. Lakshmi, J. Morris, M. Marquez and B. D. Smith, Chem. Commun., 2006, 1595 DOI: 10.1039/B517519D

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