ExTzBox: A Glowing Cyclophane for Live-Cell Imaging

Indranil Roy, Sharan Bobbala, Jiawang Zhou, Minh T. Nguyen, Siva Krishna Mohan Nalluri, Yilei Wu, Daniel P. Ferris, Evan A. Scott, Michael R. Wasielewski, J. Fraser Stoddart

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2018 · 110 citations · 40 references

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Abstract

TzBIPY·2Cl (4·2Cl) shows very little fluorescence inside the cells, which is quenched completely under the same imaging conditions. In vitro cell investigations underscore the significance of using highly fluorescent box-like rigid cyclophanes for live-cell imaging.

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