Illuminating Choices: A Guide to Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands
Type
Blog Post
Published
March 21, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
... and ligands vary in their chemical structure, leading to differences in their excitation and emission...peak wavelength can also decrease the rate of photobleaching.
Interaction with receptors: Understanding ...the choice of fluorescent dye. For instance, the cleavage of FITC-conjugated protein ligands is unaffected...experimental conditions. Common issues include photobleaching, non-specific binding, and quenching, which... reduce ‘muddying’ of the signal and facilitate clear differentiation between multiple dyes during analysis...states in response to a specific stimuli, which leaves only a small volume of fluorophores in an excited...