LRB-SC
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AnaSpec
Description
LissamineTM rhodamine B (LRB) sulfonyl chloride (SC) is a mixture of isomeric sulfonyl chlorides. Its fluorescence emission spectrum lies between those of tetramethylrhodamines and X-rhodamines, and it can be well excited by 568 nm line of the Ar-Kr mixed gas laser that is used in many confocal laser-scanning microscopes. Like FITC reagents, LRB-SC is relatively inexpensive. However, it is quite labile in basic solutions, making it somewhat difficult to achieve reproducible conjugations.
References
Smith SN and Steer RP (2001). The photophysics of Lissamine rhodamine-B sulfonyl chloride in aqueous solution: implications for fluorescent protein-dye conjugates. J Photochem Photobiol, A 139, 151; Neves C, et al. (2000). Novel method for covalent fluorescent labeling of plasmid DNA that maintains structural integrity of the plasmid. Bioconjug Chem 11, 51-5.