Preparation and use of Coppersensor-1, a synthetic fluorophore for live-cell copper imaging

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 824-827

  Miller, Evan W ^a   Zeng, Li ^a   Domaille, Dylan W ^a   Chang, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON DERIVATIVE; COPPER; FLUORESCENT DYE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN;

BORON COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COPPER; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SULFIDES;

EID: 33845581320     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.140     Document Type: Article

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