Synthesis and Characterization of 8-O-Carboxymethylpyranine (CM-Pyranine) as a Bright, Violet-Emitting, Fluid-Phase Fluorescent Marker in Cell Biology

• Eric A. Legenzov,

  Affiliation Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, and Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 111 South Penn Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States of America

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• Nathaniel D. A. Dirda,

  Affiliation Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, and Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 111 South Penn Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States of America

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• Brian M. Hagen,

  Affiliation Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, and Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 111 South Penn Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States of America

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• Joseph P. Y. Kao

  * E-mail: jkao@umaryland.edu

  Affiliation Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, and Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 111 South Penn Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States of America

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