title: Imaging of RNA delivery to cells by thiazole orange as a fluorescent RNA base substitution.
abstract: Interstrand thiazole orange (TO) dimers in RNA show a yellow colored emission that can be distinguished from the green TO monomer emission by confocal microscopy inside CHO cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Sina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berndl
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Breunig
authors.forename: Achim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Göpferich
authors.forename: Hans-Achim
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Wagenknecht
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D052160:Benzothiazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008055:Lipids; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal / Q000379:methods*; D011804:Quinolines / Q000737:chemistry*; D012313:RNA / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D052160:Benzothiazoles; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008055:Lipids; C086724:Lipofectamine; D011804:Quinolines; C051000:thiazole orange; D012313:RNA