Bioconjugation with stable luminescent lanthanide(III) chelates comprising pyridine subunits

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 404-421

  Hovinen, Jari ^a,b   Guy, Pamela M ^a,b  

^a PerkinElmer Finland Oy   (Finland)

^b PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUMINESCENCE; PYRIDINE; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIO-CONJUGATION; BIOAFFINITY ASSAY; CHELATE STRUCTURES; LABELINGS; LANTHANIDE CHELATES; LONG LIFETIME; OPTIMISATIONS; PROMINENT STRUCTURES; SYNTHESISED; TIME-RESOLVED FLUOROMETRY;

CHELATION;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHELATING AGENT; LANTHANIDE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; PYRIDINE; SCHIFF BASE; LUMINESCENT AGENT; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

CHELATION; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHROMATOPHORE; CONJUGATION; FLUOROMETRY; LUMINESCENCE; REVIEW; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES;

CHELATING AGENTS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; PYRIDINES;

EID: 63749084183     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc800370s     Document Type: Review

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