BiochemistrybioRxiv
Time machine: Can a dye from 1928 be re-purposed for modern, fluorescence-based detection of amyloid-like fibrils?
O. I. Antimonova, N. A. Grudinina, V. V. Egorov…·M. M. Shavlovsky
The paper synthesizes a dye similar to fluorene and Congo red, showing it changes fluorescent spectrum when interacting with amyloid-like fibrils of proteins like lysozyme and insulin.
DOI 10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.107863