Abstract: Disclosed are nitro-substituted squaraine reporter dyes and methods using such dyes for detecting nitroreductase enzyme activity and nitroreductase gene expression in cellular assays.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 24, 2005
Date of Patent:
August 25, 2009
Assignee:
GE Healthcare UK Limited
Inventors:
Richard Martin West, Rahman Aziz Ismail