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detection of endogenous carbon monoxide in living zebrafish embryos and mouse tissue.
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110(5):3196–3211
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probe design in medical diagnostic imaging. Chem Rev 110(5):2620–2640
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brightly fluorescent carbon nanotubes for near-infrared imaging in mice. Nat Nanotechnol 4
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fluorescent performance. J Am Chem Soc 140(5):1715–1724
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fluorescent tool for steroid hormones. Chem Commun 47(29):8307–8309
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(2010) Synthesis and characterization of fluorescent 4-hydroxytamoxifen conjugates with
unique antiestrogenic properties. Bioconjug Chem 21(5):903–910
36. Yang L, Hu ZY, Luo JJ, Tang C, Zhang SL, Ning WT, Dong C, Huang J, Liu XJ, Zhou HB
(2017) Dual functional small molecule fluorescent probes for image-guided estrogen receptorspecific targeting coupled potent antiproliferative potency for breast cancer therapy. Bioorg
Med Chem 25(13):3531–3539
37. Levi J, Cheng Z, Gheysens O, Patel M, Chan CT, Wang Y, Namavari M, Gambhir SS (2007)
Fluorescent fructose derivatives for imaging breast cancer cells. Bioconjug Chem 18
(3):628–634
26
J. Tian et al.