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  • noun A fluorescent dye related to fluorescein and having the chemical formula C30H26N2O13; used in some contexts as a calcium indicator

Etymologies

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Blend of calcium and fluorescein

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Examples

  • Before their skeletal analysis all mice received two injections of calcein (9 and 2 days before sacrifice).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jochen Schulze et al. 2010

  • The researchers have demonstrated that they could get the small molecule calcein, the bovine serum albumin protein and plasmid DNA through the cell membranes of human prostate cancer cells and rat gliosarcoma cells using this technique.

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  • Likewise, when we looked at the sections by fluorescence microscopy we observed that the number of calcein-labelled surfaces, as well as the distance between calcein labelling fronts was dramatically reduced in

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jochen Schulze et al. 2010

  • (B) Fluorescent micrographs showing a higher number of calcein-labelled surfaces in

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jochen Schulze et al. 2010

  • The researchers have demonstrated that they could get the small molecule calcein, the bovine serum albumin protein and plasmid DNA through the cell membranes of human prostate cancer cells and rat gliosarcoma cells using this technique.

    Smart Economy 2010

  • (C) Fluorescent micrographs showing that overall calcein labeling is reduced in vertebral bodies of 6 weeks old female

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jochen Schulze et al. 2010

  • Here visualised by transfer of calcein into surrounding neural cells-turning them green.

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  • The polyanionic calcein dye is well retained within live cells, producing an intense uniform green fluorescence (excitation / emission ~495 nm / 515 nm).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ian M. Smith et al. 2009

  • Viability of iron-labeled monocytes was assessed using a live / dead assay with calcein-AM and ethidium homodimer-1 (EthD1) (C).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arnaud Beduneau et al. 2009

  • After a 25 minute exposure with calcein-AM and ethidium homodimer-1 (EthD1), human monocyte viability was consistently >

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arnaud Beduneau et al. 2009

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