Sánchez López, Mateo IsidroMartínez Costas, José ManuelMascareñas Cid, José LuisVázquez Sentís, Marco Eugenio2019-03-272019-03-272014Sánchez, M., Martínez-Costas, J., Mascareñas, J., & Vázquez, M. (2014). MitoBlue: A Nontoxic and Photostable Blue-Emitting Dye That Selectively Labels Functional Mitochondria. ACS Chemical Biology, 9(12), 2742-2747. doi: 10.1021/cb500552f1554-8929http://hdl.handle.net/10347/18473We report the discovery of a fluorogenic dye, N1,N3-di(2-aminidonaphthalen-6-yl) propane-1,3-diamine, MitoBlue, which selectively stains functional mitochondria while displaying low toxicity, bright blue emission, and high resistance to photobleaching. Additionally, we show that a biotin-labeled MitoBlue derivative can be used as a handle for the delivery of streptavidin-tagged species to the mitochondriaeng© 2014 American Chemical Society. This is an open access article published under an ACS AuthorChoice License (https://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/authorchoice_termsofuse.html), which permits copying and redistribution of the article or any adaptations for non-commercial purposesjournal article10.1021/cb500552f1554-8937open access