A highly sensitive and genetically encoded fluorescent reporter for ratiometric monitoring of quinones in living cells.
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SUBMITTER: Ji Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4007278 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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A highly sensitive and genetically encoded fluorescent reporter for ratiometric monitoring of quinones in living cells.
Ji Quanjiang Q Zhao Boxuan Simen BS He Chuan C
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20130801 73
The transcriptional regulator QsrR is converted into a genetically encoded fluorescent probe capable of ratiometric monitoring of quinones in living cells with high sensitivity and selectivity. ...[more]
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