Illuminating Choices: A Guide to Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands
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...through binding of the molecular species. Administration of these dyes results in direct binding between...fluorescent ligand when designing an experiment. You may find yourself defaulting to the most popular or familiar...experiment, including the accuracy and efficacy of findings. If you’re struggling to select the right fluorescent...excitation and emission peaks at 495 and 517 nm. FITC binds to an amine on a protein, enabling the labeling ...antibody, whereby excitation of blue light will indicate where FITC is bound through green light emission...dye-conjugation affects protein function and its propensity to bind cellular components. Some dyes target specific organelles...flexibility due to the affinity tag they typically bind to.
Stability of fluorescence: For applications ...