Illuminating Choices: A Guide to Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands
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Blog Post
Published
March 21, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
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Fundamental principles of fluorescent dyes/ligands
Figure 1: Example structures of fluorophores...attached to self-labeling proteins. Some common examples of these self-labeling proteins are SNAP-tag® ...of protein substrates/peptides and antibodies. Example applications of this include coupling to an antibody...specific receptors is key, especially for G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Mutations in receptor sites ...photons absorbed over the photons emitted. For example, DAPI is much dimmer than Alexa Fluor 488, and ...signal and facilitate clear differentiation between multiple dyes during analysis.
Image resolution is impacted...microscopy techniques, such as Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED), and Stochastic Optical Reconstruction ...