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The Power of Fluorogenic Probes
Author(s) -
Nadler André,
Schultz Carsten
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201209733
Subject(s) - xanthene , magic bullet , magic (telescope) , happening , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , fluorescence , nanotechnology , computer science , photochemistry , materials science , art , art history , physics , biology , bioinformatics , optics , quantum mechanics , performance art
A definite turn‐on : Turning on fluorescence only where successful labeling is happening sounds as desirable as delivering a drug only where the drug target resides. New fluorogenic xanthene derivatives from the Bertozzi research group are getting us closer to “magic bullet” dyes (see picture).