Red Luminescent Squarylium Dyes for Noncovalent HSA Labeling

Hiroyuki Nakazumi, Chista L. Colyer, Koji Kaihara, Shigeyuki Yagi, Yutaka Hyodo

Chemistry Letters · 2003 · 36 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Abstract Asymmetric squarylium fluorophores with 618–680 nm emissions exhibit significantly enhanced fluorescence and increased quantum yield (maximum 97%) by the formation of 1:1 dye–protein complexes when bound as non-covalent labeling probes to human serum albumin (HSA).

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