title: Fluorescent chemosensors for Zn(2+).
abstract: In the past decade, fluorescent chemosensors for zinc ion (Zn(2+)) have attracted great attention because of the biological significance of zinc combined with the simplicity and high sensitivity of fluorescence assays. Chemosensors can be divided into a fluorophore, a spacer and a receptor unit; the receptor is the central processing unit (CPU) of a chemosensor. This tutorial review will classify zinc chemosensors based on receptor types.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
authors.forename: Zhaochao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Juyoung
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Spring
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D007098:Imino Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D011073:Polyamines / Q000737:chemistry; D011725:Pyridines / Q000737:chemistry; D011804:Quinolines / Q000737:chemistry; D012545:Schiff Bases / Q000737:chemistry; D014230:Triazoles / Q000737:chemistry; D015027:Zebrafish; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007098:Imino Acids; D011073:Polyamines; D011725:Pyridines; D011804:Quinolines; D012545:Schiff Bases; D014230:Triazoles; D015032:Zinc; C008109:iminodiacetic acid