AFDye-488-Picolyl Azide (Alexa Fluor-488-Picolyl Azide equivalent) is a type of fluorescent dye that is commonly used in biological research and imaging applications. It is composed of several functional groups, including a picolyl group and an azide group.
The picolyl group is a type of pyridine derivative that is commonly used as a linker group in chemical reactions. The azide group is a functional group that contains three nitrogen atoms and is commonly used in bioconjugation reactions.
The combination of these functional groups in AFDye-488-Picolyl Azide (Alexa Fluor-488-Picolyl Azide equivalent) is designed to create a compound that can be used to label and detect specific molecules or structures within biological systems. The picolyl group allows the dye to be attached to a variety of biological molecules, while the azide group enables the dye to be visualized using fluorescence microscopy or other imaging techniques.
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