A remarkably suitable fluorescent tag incorporated into lipids through some clever chemistry produces fluorescent lipids that are excellent mimics of their native counterparts.
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van Meer, G., Liskamp, R. Brilliant lipids. Nat Methods 2, 14–15 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth0105-14
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