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Resources: Fluorophore Table

Dye

Absorbance Wavelength

Emission Wavelength

Visible color

 

Hydroxycoumarin

325

386

blue

methoxycoumarin

360

410

blue

Alexa fluor

345

442

blue

aminocoumarin

350

445

blue

Cy2

490

510

green (dark)

FAM

495

516

green (dark)

Alexa fluor 488

494

517

green (light)

Fluorescein FITC

495

518

green (light)

Alexa fluor 430

430

545

green (light)

Alexa fluor 532

530

555

green (light)

HEX

535

556

green (light)

Cy3

550

570

yellow

TRITC

547

572

yellow

Alexa fluor 546

556

573

yellow

Alexa fluor 555

556

573

yellow

R-phycoerythrin (PE)

480;565

578

yellow

Rhodamine Red-X

560

580

orange

Tamara

565

580

red

Cy3.5 581

581

596

red

Rox

575

602

red

Alexa fluor 568

578

603

red

Red 613

480;565

613

red

Texas Red

615

615

red

Alexa fluor 594

590

617

red

Alexa fluor 633

621

639

red

Allophycocyanin

650

660

red

Alexa fluor 633

650

668

red

Cy5

650

670

red

Alexa fluor 660

663

690

red

Cy5.5

675

694

red

TruRed

490;675

695

red

Alexa fluor 680

679

702

red

Cy7

743

770

red

Nucleic acid probes:

 

 

 

Dye

Absorbance Wavelength

Emission Wavelength

Visible color

 

DAPI

345

455

blue

Hoechst 33258

345

478

blue

SYTOX blue

431

480

blue

Hoechst 33342

343

483

blue

YOYO-1

509

509

green

SYTOX green

504

533

green

TOTO 1, TO-PRO-1

509

533

green

SYTOX orange

547

570

yellow

Chromomycin A3

445

575

yellow

Mithramycin

445

575

yellow

Propidium iodide

536

617

red

Ethidium bromide

493

620

red