Bodipy-FL-Verapamil: A Fluorescent Probe for the Study of Multidrug Resistance Proteins

Most of the substances used as fluorescent probes to study drug transport and the effect of efflux blockers in multidrug resistant cells have many drawbacks, such as toxicity, unspecific background, accumulation in mitochondria. New fluorescent compounds, among which Bodipy‐FL‐verapamil (BV), have b...

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Main Authors: Anna Rosati, Luigi Candussio, Enrico Crivellato, Fiora Bartoli Klugmann, Tullio Giraldi, Daniela Damiani, Angela Michelutti, Giuliana Decorti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2004-01-01
Series:Cellular Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/576173