CyAL Fluorescent Dyes

For Labeling Molecules with Amino Groups (e.g. Drugs, Proteins, Peptides and Antibodies)

CyAL- 5 Data Sheet

CyAL-5.5 Data Sheet

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Product Description

CyAL Dyes are monofunctional cyanine dyes containing a free carboxylic acid group for conjugation with targeting agents containing a free amine group; use for in vivo and in vitro imaging applications

Superior Features of CyAL Dyes

• Excellent water solubility
• Similar ex and em properties to Cy5 and Alexa fluor 647
• Bright fluorescence emission in the near infrared range
• Enhanced photostability cf cy5 and cy5.5
• Useful for a variety of biochemical and in vivo imaging applications
• Very cost effective; allowing scale-up and use in multistep organic
  synthesis schemes
• Compatible with common filter sets used for imaging
• Activated with standard reagents (e.g. HBTU, DSC) for coupling to amines

Purity > 95% by HPLC

CyAL Dyes are sold under license from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.