Sensores fluorescentes de sulfuro de hidrógeno genéticamente codificados basados en reacciones

Si Chen1, Zhi-jie Chen, Wei Ren

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of California, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, California 92521, USA.

Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron sondas de proteínas fluorescentes genéticamente codificadas para detectar sulfuro de hidrógeno (H2S), un gas tóxico y una molécula de señalización. Estas sondas ofrecen detección sensible y selectiva de H2S en células vivas utilizando técnicas avanzadas de imagen.

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