NBD-based fluorescent probes for separate detection of cysteine and biothiols via different reactivities†
Abstract
NBD-based fluorescent probes that can separately detect cysteine and biothiols via different reactivities have been rationally designed and synthesized. The probes can be applied to kinetically distinguish cysteine from other biothiols at 30 min, and to detect all biothiols at 3 h in living cells.
- This article is part of the themed collection: Chemical Biology in OBC