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Cells live in ever-changing environments, thereby facing a variety of dynamic environmental signals. Environmental stimuli elicit intracellular responses through signaling pathways, which converge on transcriptional activation or repression of target genes ...

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We are introducing a new approach to evaluate cellular uptake of drugs and drug candidates into living cells. The approach is based on converting the protein target of a given class of compounds into a fluorescent biosensor. By measuring the binding of dif ...

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The present invention relates to a novel method for preparing cationic azo compounds, which preferably can be used as dyes. Further, the invention relates to novel cationic azo compounds and the use of N2O in the synthesis of azo-imidazolium dyes. ...

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