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It has an excitationemission peak at 495517 nm and can be coupled to distinct antibodies with the help of its reactive isothiocyanate group, which is binding to amino, sulfhydryl, imidazoyl, tyrosyl or carbonyl groups on proteins. Examples of molecular constraint include increased dye aggregation. This video provides an easy to understand overview of the basic principles of fluorescence and is suitable for beginners or for those that need a quick refre. These fluorescent dyes work either by concentrating in a particular organelle or by exhibiting enhanced fluorescence in a certain cellular region or membrane. Usa home product directory biochemicals and reagents carbohydrates dextrans fluorescent dyedextran conjugates.
The significantly revised 11th edition features extensive references, reorganized content, and new technical notes and product highlights. Molecular probes fluorescence reagents are among the most peerreferenced in all of life science research. Fluorescence spectraviewer thermo fisher scientific us. We provide technical service in the design of novel probes and synthesize numerous combinations of dyes, quenchers, rna, phosphorothioate, 2omethyl and chimeric probes. Especially in a pathological environment, many nir probes can be easily destroyed due to the excessive generation of highly reactive species and. Molecular probes fluorescent dextran conjugates are consistently more fluorescent than those available from other sources. Jun 10, 2012 fluorescein isothiocyanate fitc is an organic fluorescent dye which is still used in immunofluorescence and flowcytometry. Aug 17, 2005 molecular probes has a multitude of fluorescent dyes to selectively illuminate different organelles and membranes in many cell types such as endoplasmic reticulum, golgi, mitochondria, nucleus, endosomes and lysosomes. Labels, tags and probes containing small compounds such as florescence, visible chromogenic character can be used to label proteins and nucleic acids.
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It has been suggested that the change of fluorescence intensity is caused by the restriction of intramolecular rotational relaxation about the donoracceptor bond of the fluorophores. Ram sabnis organizes the compounds alphabetically by the most commonly used chemical name. Many reagents and imaging refinements go into the production of a biologically relevant and informative image. Fluorescent particles corning calcein am fluorescent dye reliable and consistent dye used for the detection of live cells and key functional activities in variety of cellbased assays. Aminereactive probes introduction molecular probes manufactures a wide variety of aminereactive fluorescent dyes. Excitation and emission peaks dye excitation max nm emission max nm. Alexa fluor 594 dye is a bright, red fluorescent dye that can be excited using the 561 or 594 nm laser lines. Oct 21, 2014 a molecular fluorescent probe for targeted visualization of temperature at the endoplasmic reticulum. Fluorescence in situ hybridization is a molecular cytogenetic technique that uses fluorescent probes that bind to only those parts of a nucleic acid sequence with a high degree of sequence complementarity.
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