Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores
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2. Grimm, Jonathan B., et al. "A general method to improve fluorophores for live-cell and single-molecule...expressed as a fusion with your favorite protein and (2) a synthetic fluorophore-contianing “ligand” that ...). These cell-permeable Janelia Fluor (JF) dyes have excellent properties inside living cells, especially... fluorescent proteins.
In-cell labeling strategies
The majority of in-cell labeling strategies have two...and oligonucleotide labels for fixed-cell imaging, not for live-cell applications. Thus, these fluorophores..."Imaging live-cell dynamics and structure at the single-molecule level." Molecular cell 58.4 (2015): 644...sparked a renaissance in biological imaging. Suddenly, cell biologists were no longer beholden to chemists and...