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SUBMITTER: Chen Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5490428 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Yuncong Y Zhu Chengcheng C Cen Jiajie J Bai Yang Y He Weijiang W Guo Zijian Z
Chemical science 20150316 5
The homeostasis of mitochondrial pH (pH<sub>m</sub>) is crucial in cell physiology. Developing small-molecular fluorescent sensors for the ratiometric detection of pH<sub>m</sub> fluctuation is highly demanded yet challenging. A ratiometric pH sensor, <b>Mito-pH</b>, was constructed by integrating a pH-sensitive FITC fluorophore with a pH-insensitive hemicyanine group. The hemicyanine group also acts as the mitochondria targeting group due to its lipophilic cationic nature. Besides its ability t ...[more]