Predicting and avoiding subcellular compartmentalization artifacts arising from acetoxymethyl ester calcium imaging probes. the case of fluo-3 AM and a general account of the phenomenon including a problem avoidance chart

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 468-483

  Thompson, K ^a   Dockery, P ^a   Horobin, R W ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcein; Calcium green 1; Calcium orange; Fluo 3; Fluorescent probe; Fura red; Fura 2; Indo 1; QSAR model; Quin 2; Rhod 2

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; FLUO 3; FLUORESCENT DYE; METHYL METHOXYACETATE; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSOL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ACETATES; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ARTIFACTS; CALCIUM; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CYTOSOL; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR PROBES; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; XANTHENES;

EID: 84866399585     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520295.2012.703691     Document Type: Article

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