Dirks Roeland W, Tanke Hans J
Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
Chem Biol. 2006 Jun;13(6):559-60. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.06.006.
A combinatorial library of 1336 fluorescent styryl molecules was synthesized aiming to select dyes that are photostable, non-toxic, and specific for RNA molecules in living cells . These dyes are potentially important to the study of gene expression in live cells.