Abstract:
Azo heterocyclic compounds that are substantially non-fluorescent or only weakly fluorescent useful as energy acceptors. The chemically reactive compounds possess utility for labeling a wide variety of substances, including biomolecules with the resulted conjugates being highly useful for a variety of energy-transfer assays and applications. The biological conjugates of the disclosure exhibit little or no observable fluorescence and their fluorescence is significantly increased upon a biological stimulation.
Abstract:
Chemically reactive dyes that are intramolecularly crosslinked with a water-soluble bridge, their bioconjugates and their uses are described. Reactive fluorescent dyes that have a water-soluble bridge are superior to those of conjugates of spectrally non-crosslinked dyes or the dyes that are crosslinked with a hydrophobic bridge. The invention includes reactive fluorescent dyes, their biological conjugates and uses.
Abstract:
Systems, including compositions, kits, and methods, suitable for performing enzyme assays, such as protease assays. The composition may include derivatives of rhodamine 110 that are substitued at the xanthylium nitrogens by a peptide moiety and a morpholine-4-carbonyl moiety, respectively. These compositions may be luminogenic substrates for a large variety of protease enzymes, with utility in a variety of sensitive protease enzyme assays.
Abstract:
Systems, including compositions, kits, and methods, suitable for performing enzyme assays, such as protease assays. The composition may include derivatives of rhodamine 110 that are substitued at the xanthylium nitrogens by a peptide moiety and a morpholine-4-carbonyl moiety, respectively. These compositions may be luminogenic substrates for a large variety of protease enzymes, with utility in a variety of sensitive protease enzyme assays.