Caveat fluorophore: an insiders' guide to small-molecule fluorescent labels

JB Grimm, LD Lavis - Nature Methods, 2022 - nature.com
The last three decades have brought a revolution in fluorescence microscopy. The
development of new microscopes, fluorescent labels and analysis techniques has pushed …

Hybrid Small-Molecule/Protein Fluorescent Probes

M Minoshima, SI Reja, R Hashimoto, K Iijima… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hybrid small-molecule/protein fluorescent probes are powerful tools for visualizing protein
localization and function in living cells. These hybrid probes are constructed by diverse site …

Next-generation genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors illuminate cell signaling and metabolism

MS Frei, S Mehta, J Zhang - Annual Review of Biophysics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors have revolutionized the study of cell signaling
and metabolism, as they allow for live-cell measurements with high spatiotemporal …

Fluorescence-activating and absorption-shifting tags for advanced imaging and biosensing

A Gautier - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Fluorescent labels and biosensors play central roles in biological and medical
research. Targeted to specific biomolecules or cells, they allow noninvasive imaging of the …

Production of the biocommodities butanol and acetone from methanol with fluorescent FAST-tagged proteins using metabolically engineered strains of Eubacterium …

M Flaiz, G Ludwig, FR Bengelsdorf, P Dürre - Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2021 - Springer
Background The interest in using methanol as a substrate to cultivate acetogens increased
in recent years since it can be sustainably produced from syngas and has the additional …

A fluorogenic chemically induced dimerization technology for controlling, imaging and sensing protein proximity

S Bottone, O Joliot, ZV Cakil, L El Hajji… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Molecular tools enabling the control and observation of the proximity of proteins are
essential for studying the functional role of physical distance between two proteins. Here we …

Biomimetic NIR-II fluorescent proteins created from chemogenic protein-seeking dyes for multicolor deep-tissue bioimaging

J Xu, N Zhu, Y Du, T Han, X Zheng, J Li… - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Near-infrared-I/II fluorescent proteins (NIR-I/II FPs) are crucial for in vivo imaging, yet the
current NIR-I/II FPs face challenges including scarcity, the requirement for chromophore …

Engineering of a fluorescent chemogenetic reporter with tunable color for advanced live-cell imaging

H Benaissa, K Ounoughi, I Aujard, E Fischer… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Biocompatible fluorescent reporters with spectral properties spanning the entire visible
spectrum are indispensable tools for imaging the biochemistry of living cells and organisms …

Maximizing the performance of protein-based fluorescent biosensors

F Chai, D Cheng, Y Nasu, T Terai… - Biochemical Society …, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Fluorescent protein (FP)-based biosensors are genetically encoded tools that enable the
imaging of biological processes in the context of cells, tissues, or live animals. Though …

[HTML][HTML] Site-specific albumin tagging with NIR-II fluorogenic dye for high-performance and super-stable bioimaging

N Zhu, J Xu, Q Su, T Han, D Zhou, Y Zhang, S Zhu - Theranostics, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Synthetic near-infrared-II (NIR-II) dyes are promising for deep tissue imaging, yet they are
generally difficult to target a given biomolecule with high specificity. Furthermore, the …