title: A selective reaction-based fluorescent probe for detecting cobalt in living cells.
abstract: A reaction-based strategy exploiting cobalt-mediated oxidative C-O bond cleavage affords a selective turn-on fluorescent probe for paramagnetic Co(2+) in water and in living cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Ho Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Au-Yeung
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: New
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry*; D005452:Fluoresceins / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005452:Fluoresceins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D014867:Water; D003035:Cobalt; D002244:Carbon; D010100:Oxygen