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Published on: June 19, 2015
Fluorescently labelled glycans and their applications
Hongbin Yan1, Ravi Shekar Yalagala2, Fengyang Yan3
1Department of Chemistry, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada. tyan@brocku.ca.
Abstract:
This review summarises the literature on the synthesis and applications of fluorescently labelled carbohydrates. Due to the sensitivity of fluorescent detection, this approach provides a useful tool to study processes involving glycans. A few general categories of labelling are presented, in situ labelling of carbohydrates with fluorophores, fluorescently labelled glycolipids, fluorogenic glycans, pre-formed fluorescent glycans for intracellular applications, glycan-decorated fluorescent polymers, fluorescent glyconanoparticles, and other functional fluorescent glycans.
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