Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores
Type
Blog Post
Published
Sept. 8, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
...of green fluorescent protein (GFP) sparked a renaissance in biological imaging. Suddenly, cell biologists...dye (Figure 1a) and FAP systems (Figure 1e) are inherently fluorogenic and several others can be made fluorogenic... We continue to develop derivatives that have different spectral properties, exhibit high fluorogenicity...contributed by Luke D. Lavis.
Luke D. Lavis is currently a Group Leader at the Janelia Research Campus,...modalities. Follow him on twitter @rhodamine110.
References
1. Liu, Zhe, Luke D. Lavis, and Eric Betzig. ...Imaging proteins inside cells with fluorescent tags." Trends in biotechnology 30.1 (2012): 8-16. PubMed PMID...