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Annual Review of Physiology

Volume 79, 2017

A Critical and Comparative Review of Fluorescent Tools for Live-Cell Imaging

Abstract

Fluorescent tools have revolutionized our ability to probe biological dynamics, particularly at the cellular level. Fluorescent sensors have been developed on several platforms, utilizing either small-molecule dyes or fluorescent proteins, to monitor proteins, RNA, DNA, small molecules, and even cellular properties, such as pH and membrane potential. We briefly summarize the impressive history of tool development for these various applications and then discuss the most recent noteworthy developments in more detail. Particular emphasis is placed on tools suitable for single-cell analysis and especially live-cell imaging applications. Finally, we discuss prominent areas of need in future fluorescent tool development—specifically, advancing our capability to analyze and integrate the plethora of high-content data generated by fluorescence imaging.

Keyword(s): cellular dynamics, fluorescent dyes, fluorescent proteins, live-cell imaging, probes
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A Critical and Comparative Review of Fluorescent Tools for Live-Cell Imaging
Annual Review of Physiology 79, 93 (2017); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-physiol-022516-034055
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