Using Congo red to report intracellular hydrogelation resulted from self-assembly of small molecules

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Publication Date 2007-09-19
DOI 10.1039/B712971H
Impact Factor 6.222
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Keming Xu, Lihua Li, Ling Wang, Zhimou Yang


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Abstract

This communication reports the use of Congo red to stain the nanofibers of self-assembled small molecules for assaying intracellular supramolecular hydrogels, which provides a convenient method to explore molecular self-assembly inside cells.

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