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Characterizing Mammalian Zinc Transporters Using an In Vitro Zinc Transport Assay
Published on: June 2, 2023
m-Benziporphodimethene: a new porphyrin analogue fluorescence zinc(II) sensor
Chen-Hsiung Hung1, Gao-Fong Chang, Anil Kumar
1Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 105, Taiwan. chhung@chem.sinica.edu.tw
Abstract:
m-Benziporphodimethene is presented here as a long-wavelength Zn2+ specific chemosensor; this sensor shows fluorescence switch-on upon Zn2+ binding with no apparent background fluorescence.

