Issue 94, 2020

Far-red switching DNA probes for live cell nanoscopy

Abstract

Herein we present DNA probes composed of Hoechst 33258 and spontaneously blinking far-red hydroxymethyl silicon-rhodamine (HMSiR). The best performing probe, 5-HMSiR-Hoechst, contains the 5′-regioisomer, shows ∼400-fold fluorescence increase upon DNA binding and is compatible with wash-free single molecule localization and 3D stimulated emission depletion microscopy of chromatin nanostructures in living cells.

Graphical abstract: Far-red switching DNA probes for live cell nanoscopy

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Oct 2020
Accepted
27 Oct 2020
First published
27 Oct 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2020,56, 14797-14800

Far-red switching DNA probes for live cell nanoscopy

J. Bucevičius, T. Gilat and G. Lukinavičius, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 14797 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC06759H

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