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Chem. Commun., 2009, 2640 - 2642, DOI: 10.1039/b900290a

A covalently linked phenanthridine–ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA probe

Naphtali A. OConnor, Nathan Stevens, Diana Samaroo, Marissa R. Solomon, Angel A. Martí, Joanne Dyer, Harshad Vishwasrao, Daniel L. Akins, Eric R. Kandel and Nicholas J. Turro

A phenanthridine derivative covalently linked to a ruthenium complex yields an imaging probe whose fluorescence intensity and lifetime change substantially in the presence of RNA.

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