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ReviewAnnual review of physiology2017

A Critical and Comparative Review of Fluorescent Tools for Live-Cell Imaging.

Elizabeth A Specht, Esther Braselmann, Amy E Palmer

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Review in Annual review of physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 166 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

166 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Elizabeth A SpechtDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80303; email: amy.palmer@colorado.edu.
Esther BraselmannDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80303; email: amy.palmer@colorado.edu.
Amy E PalmerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80303; email: amy.palmer@colorado.edu.

Funding

Regulation of Cell Signaling by Transition Metal DynamicsDP1GM114863 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI PALMER, AMY E · 2014 to 2018
$3.8M
Genetically Encoded Sensors Shed Light on Zinc HomeostasisR01GM084027 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI PALMER, AMY E · 2008 to 2016
$2.6M
RNA tools for probing spliceosome dynamicsK99GM127752 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI BRASELMANN, ESTHER · 2018 to 2020
$200k
NIGMS NIH HHS DP1 GM114863NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM127752NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluorescent tools have revolutionized our ability to probe biological dynamics, particularly at the cellular level. Fluorescent sensors have been developed on several platforms, utilizing either small-molecule dyes or fluorescent proteins, to monitor proteins, RNA, DNA, small molecules, and even cellular properties, such as pH and membrane potential. We briefly summarize the impressive history of tool development for these various applications and then discuss the most recent noteworthy developments in more detail. Particular emphasis is placed on tools suitable for single-cell analysis and especially live-cell imaging applications. Finally, we discuss prominent areas of need in future fluorescent tool development-specifically, advancing our capability to analyze and integrate the plethora of high-content data generated by fluorescence imaging.

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AnimalsFluorescenceFluorescent DyesHumansOptical ImagingSingle-Cell AnalysisFluorescent Dyescellular dynamicsfluorescent dyesfluorescent proteinslive-cell imagingprobes

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PMID27860833
PMCPMC12034319

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