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Choose Your Label Wisely: Water-Soluble Fluorophores Often Interact with Lipid Bilayers

Water-soluble organic fluorophores are widely used as labels in biological systems. However, in many cases these fluorophores can interact strongly with lipid bilayers, influencing the interaction of the target with the bilayer and/or leading to misleading fluorescent signals. Here, we quantify the...

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Autores principales: Hughes, Laura D., Rawle, Robert J., Boxer, Steven G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3913624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24503716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087649