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Shining a light into live cells

A new biocompatible near-infrared fluorescent probe enables super-resolution imaging of cellular proteins in live cells using a range of different labelling techniques.

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Figure 1: Live-cell labelling of SNAP-tagged proteins in cells with SiR-carboxylate derivatives.

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Lang, K., Chin, J. Shining a light into live cells. Nature Chem 5, 81–82 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1555

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