Cell imaging using red fluorescent light-up probes based on an environment-sensitive fluorogen with intramolecular charge transfer characteristics

Guangxue Feng; Jie Liu; Ruoyu Zhang; Bin Liu

doi:10.1039/c4cc04654d

Cell imaging using red fluorescent light-up probes based on an environment-sensitive fluorogen with intramolecular charge transfer characteristics

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Aug 28;50(67):9497-500. doi: 10.1039/c4cc04654d.

Authors

Guangxue Feng¹, Jie Liu, Ruoyu Zhang, Bin Liu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore. cheliub@nus.edu.sg.

PMID: 25009000
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc04654d

Abstract

We report a general strategy to design and synthesize red fluorescent light-up probes for cellular imaging based on a fluorogen with intramolecular charge transfer characteristics.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Amino Acid Sequence
Cell-Penetrating Peptides / chemical synthesis
Cell-Penetrating Peptides / chemistry
Electron Transport
Fluorescent Dyes / chemical synthesis
Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
Light*
MCF-7 Cells
Molecular Imaging / methods*

Substances

Cell-Penetrating Peptides
Fluorescent Dyes