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Mechanistic principle of β-lactam-based smart-activatable tracers. The intact tracer does not emit light due to the presence of a quencher (gray sphere). After hydrolysis of the β-lactam ring by a β-lactamase, the quencher is detached from the fluorophore (green sphere) and the tracer emits light
