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Fluorescent Dyes and Proteins - Department of Biochemistry

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What sort <strong>of</strong> molecules are fluorescent?<br />

2. Inorganic fluorophores<br />

Lanthanides Quantum dots<br />

Peptide sequence<br />

binds Tb 3+ <strong>and</strong> protects<br />

from quenching by water<br />

Passivating layer<br />

ZnS coat<br />

CdSe core<br />

Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2010;14(2):247-54.<br />

Lanthanide-tagged proteins--an illuminating<br />

partnership. Allen KN, Imperiali B.<br />

Michalet X, et al. Quantum dots for live cells, in<br />

vivo imaging, <strong>and</strong> diagnostics. Science. 2005<br />

307(5709):538-44.<br />

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