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ArticleNature chemistry2013

A near-infrared fluorophore for live-cell super-resolution microscopy of cellular proteins.

Gražvydas Lukinavičius, Keitaro Umezawa, Nicolas Olivier, Alf Honigmann, Guoying Yang, Tilman Plass, Veronika Mueller, Luc Reymond, Ivan R Corrêa, Zhen-Ge Luo and 6 more

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 367 papers.

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367citing papers in PubMed
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367 citing papers in PubMed, 937 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

Gražvydas LukinavičiusEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) in Chemical Biology, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Keitaro Umezawa
Nicolas Olivier
Alf Honigmann
Guoying Yang
Tilman Plass
Veronika Mueller
Luc Reymond
Ivan R Corrêa
Zhen-Ge Luo
Carsten Schultz
Edward A Lemke
Paul Heppenstall
Christian Eggeling
Suliana Manley
Kai Johnsson
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CHEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory · DEMax Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry · DEEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory · ITChinese Academy of Sciences · CNNew England Biolabs (United States) · US

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K01577X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ideal fluorescent probe for bioimaging is bright, absorbs at long wavelengths and can be implemented flexibly in living cells and in vivo. However, the design of synthetic fluorophores that combine all of these properties has proved to be extremely difficult. Here, we introduce a biocompatible near-infrared silicon-rhodamine probe that can be coupled specifically to proteins using different labelling techniques. Importantly, its high permeability and fluorogenic character permit the imaging of proteins in living cells and tissues, and its brightness and photostability make it ideally suited for live-cell super-resolution microscopy. The excellent spectroscopic properties of the probe combined with its ease of use in live-cell applications make it a powerful new tool for bioimaging.

Indexed as

Fluorescent DyesCell LineEscherichia coliGene Expression RegulationHumansMicroscopy, ConfocalProteinsSpectroscopy, Near-InfraredStereoisomerismFluorescent DyesProteins

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PMID23344448
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