title: Development of Functional Fluorescent Molecular Probes for the Detection of Biological Substances.
abstract: This review is confined to sensors that use fluorescence to transmit biochemical information. Fluorescence is, by far, the most frequently exploited phenomenon for chemical sensors and biosensors. Parameters that define the application of such sensors include intensity, decay time, anisotropy, quenching efficiency, and luminescence energy transfer. To achieve selective (bio)molecular recognition based on these fluorescence phenomena, various fluorescent elements such as small organic molecules, enzymes, antibodies, and oligonucleotides have been designed and synthesized over the past decades. This review describes the immense variety of fluorescent probes that have been designed for the recognitions of ions, small and large molecules, and their biological applications in terms of intracellular fluorescent imaging techniques.
authors.affiliation: Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8566, Japan. suzuki-yoshio@aist.go.jp.
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Technology, 1404-1 Katakura, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0982, Japan. yokoyamakj@stf.teu.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
mesh_terms: D016880:Anisotropy; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D007477:Ions / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007477:Ions; D011506:Proteins; D004247:DNA
keywords: DNA; metal ions; molecular probes; proteins; sensors