Fluorescent probes for nucleic acid visualization in fixed and live cells

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 15357-15397

  Boutorine, Alexandre S ^a   Novopashina, Darya S ^b   Krasheninina, Olga A ^b,c   Nozeret, Karine ^a   Venyaminova, Alya G ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^c NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Binary probes; DNA; Fluorescent probes; Fluorophores; Imaging; Living cells; Minor groove binders; Molecular beacons; RNA; Triplex forming oligonucleotides

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; REVIEW; STAINING;

DNA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RNA; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84890964740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules181215357     Document Type: Review

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