Synthesis of a highly Zn 2+-selective cyanine-based probe and its use for tracing endogenous zinc ions in cells and organisms

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1245-1254

  Guo, Zhiqian ^a,b   Kim, Gun Hee ^c   Yoon, Juyoung ^a   Shin, Injae ^c  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,6 BIS(HYDROXYMETHYL)PYRIDINE; CYANINE BASED TRIS(2 PYRIDYLMETHYL)AMINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION; CARBOCYANINE; MOLECULAR PROBE; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOLECULAR PROBE; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CARBOCYANINES; FLUORESCENCE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; ZEBRAFISH; ZINC;

EID: 84901818221     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.086     Document Type: Article

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