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A Near-Infrared Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe to Selectively Detect Cysteine in Mitochondria for Indicating Oxidative Stress In Vivo

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Cysteine (Cys) is a type of intracellular biothiol, which plays important roles in numerous metabolic processes of organisms, such as heavy metal binding, biocatalysis, signal transduction, and protein turnover Reddie and Carroll (Curr Opin Chem Biol 12:746–754, 2008).

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Yin, K. (2020). A Near-Infrared Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe to Selectively Detect Cysteine in Mitochondria for Indicating Oxidative Stress In Vivo. In: Design of Novel Biosensors for Optical Sensing and Their Applications in Environmental Analysis. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6488-4_6

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