Hydrophobic analogues of rhodamine B and rhodamine 101: potent fluorescent probes of mitochondria in living C. elegans

Mitochondria undergo dynamic fusion and fission events that affect the structure and function of these critical energy-producing cellular organelles. Defects in these dynamic processes have been implicated in a wide range of human diseases including ischemia, neurodegeneration, metabolic disease, an...

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Main Authors: Laurie F. Mottram, Safiyyah Forbes, Brian D. Ackley, Blake R. Peterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Beilstein-Institut 2012-12-01
Series:Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.8.243