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Spectroscopic analysis of the fluorescent probe 1,2-diaminoanthraquinone (DAQ) provides information about the mechanism of nitric oxide imaging in living cells. Fluorescent aggregates of a reaction product of DAQ are thought to be responsible for the images obtained with confocal fluorescence microscopy.
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Galindo, F., Kabir, N., Gavrilovic, J. et al. Spectroscopic studies of 1,2-diaminoanthraquinone (DAQ) as a fluorescent probe for the imaging of nitric oxide in living cells. Photochem Photobiol Sci 7, 126–130 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1039/b707528f
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