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Carbocyanine dye
| Name: | Carbocyanine dye |
| Description: | Family of cyanine dyes that have a bridge of three methine groups joining the two rings; inrelated cyanine, dicarbocyanine, and tricarbocyanine dyes, this bridge contains 1, 5, and 7 methine groups, respectively. Related dyes can have minor alterations in their ring structure with either an oxygen ("cliO") or a sulfur ("diS") instead of an isopropyl group ((which yields an indole ring and hence the abbreviation "diI').[1] |
| Has role: | lipophilic tracing role, post mortem tract tracing role |
| Super-category: | Molecule |
| URL: | 2424918 |
| Id: | nlx_64698 |
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References
- ↑ Honig MG & Hume RI (1986) Fluorescent carbocyanine dyes allow living neurons of identified origin to be studied in long-term cultures. J Cell Biol 103: 171-87 PubMed
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| CurationStatus | uncurated + |
| DefiningCitation | 2424918 + |
| Definition | Family of cyanine dyes that have a bridge … Family of cyanine dyes that have a bridge of three methine groups joining the two rings; inrelated cyanine, dicarbocyanine, and tricarbocyanine dyes, this bridge contains 1, 5, and 7 methine groups, respectively. Related dyes can have minor alterations in their ring structure with either an oxygen ("cliO") or a sulfur ("diS") instead of an isopropyl group ((which yields an indole ring and hence the abbreviation "diI'). le ring and hence the abbreviation "diI'). |
| Has role | Lipophilic tracing role +, and Post mortem tract tracing role + |
| Id | nlx_64698 + |
| Label | Carbocyanine dye + |
| ModifiedDate | 24 October 2010 + |
| SuperCategory | Molecule + |