Synthesis and characterization of a small, membrane-permeant, caspase-activatable far-red fluorescent peptide for imaging apoptosis

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 5404-5407

  Bullok, Kristin ^a   Piwnica Worms, David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXA FLUOR 647; CASPASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; QSY 21; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINBLASTINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR PROBE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; KB CELLS; OLIGOPEPTIDES;

EID: 23944469298     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm050008p     Document Type: Article

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