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SUBMITTER: Lee J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3521073 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nano letters 20121116 12
The ability to straightforwardly deliver engineered nanoparticles into the cell cytosol with high viability will vastly expand the range of biological applications. Nanoparticles could potentially be used as delivery vehicles or as fluorescent sensors to probe the cell. In particular, quantum dots (QDs) may be used to illuminate cytosolic proteins for long-term microscopy studies. Whereas recent advances have been successful in specifically labeling proteins with QDs on the cell membrane, cytoso ...[more]