title: Molecular tubes for lipid sensing: tube conformations control analyte selectivity and fluorescent response.
abstract: Two fluorescent sensors for lipids have been prepared and tested for detection of a number of hydrophobic compounds of varying shape and size. The data suggest that the two sensors have a different mode of fluorescent response. Yet, the two sensors are only different in the bridging group--one having a flexible amide and one having a rigid allyl bridge. The fluorescence data are explained based on a difference in conformation of the two sensors in aqueous solution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Avetta
authors.forename: Berkeley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Shorthill
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Timothy E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Glass
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry; D005453:Fluorescence; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry; D007536:Isomerism; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015335:Molecular Probes; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008055:Lipids; D015335:Molecular Probes; D012996:Solutions