Communication
Chem. Commun., 2008, 2004 - 2006, DOI: 10.1039/b801629a
Rigid cyanine dye nucleic acid labels
Adrian Fegan, Pravin S. Shirude and Shankar Balasubramanian
Cyanine dyes attached to DNA via a rigid linker show useful fluorescence and FRET properties without altering the stability of duplex DNA.

