title: Lucifer yellow - an angel rather than the devil.
abstract: The fluorescent dye Lucifer yellow (LY) was introduced in 1978, and has been extremely useful in studying cell structure and communications. This dye has been used mostly for labelling cells by intracellular injection from microelectrodes. This review describes the numerous applications of LY, with emphasis on the enteric nervous system and interstitial cells of Cajal. Of particular importance is the dye coupling method, which enables the detection of cell coupling by gap junctions.
authors: Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel. hananim@cc.huji.ac.il
authors: Menachem
authors: M
authors: Hanani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000379:methods; D036681:Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching / Q000379:methods; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D017629:Gap Junctions / Q000502:physiology*; D056885:Interstitial Cells of Cajal / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007546:Isoquinolines; C017475:lucifer yellow