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lysotracker

lysotracker noun: any of a range of fluorescent dyes used to stain lysosomes.

Noun

lysotracker (plural lysotrackers)

  1. Any of a range of fluorescent dyes used to stain lysosomes
    • CellLight ER and GA labelled with GFP, and lysotracker green DND-26 were then incubated to the cells to track the co-localisation of aptamers with ER, GA and lysosomes respectively, and fixed using 4% PFA. The nuclei were counterstained with DAPI (blue).2015 August 8, “Selective Targeting to Glioma with Nucleic Acid Aptamers”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of lysotracker

plurallysotrackers

Origin of lysotracker

From lyso- + tracker.

Questions about lysotracker

What does lysotracker mean?
Lysotracker means any of a range of fluorescent dyes used to stain lysosomes.
What part of speech is lysotracker?
Lysotracker is a noun.
What is the plural of lysotracker?
The plural of lysotracker is lysotrackers.

Words near lysotracker in the dictionary

  1. lysosphingolipids
  2. lysosphingomyelin
  3. lysosphingomyelins
  4. lysostaphin
  5. lysostaphins
  6. lysotracker
  7. lysotrackers
  8. lysotropic
  9. lysotype
  10. lysotypes
  11. lysozomotropic

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