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A fluorescent membrane tension probe
Lipid membranes—which separate cells and organelles from their environment—experience tension during various cell processes; however, measuring membrane tension is notoriously difficult. Now, a new fluorescent, mechanosensitive membrane probe called FliptR has been developed. FliptR enables simple, direct membrane tension measurements in cellular and artificial membranes.
- Adai Colom
- , Emmanuel Derivery
- & Aurélien Roux
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Caged fluorescence
The incorporation of a small, photochemically controllable diazoketone moiety in fluorescent rhodamine dyes shows great promise in biological imaging.
- Anne Pichon