Table 1 Mac98A/Nup116 FG phases stained by fluorescent aromatic compounds (complete list).

From: Recapitulation of selective nuclear import and export with a perfectly repeated 12mer GLFG peptide

Environmentally insensitive fluorophores

TtMac98A

scNup116

FG in:out

FG in:out

Abberior STAR 635P*

16

N.D.

Alexa488*

6.3

36

Alexa568*

9.2

11

Alexa594*

21

25

Alexa647*

8.5

13

Atto488*

2.0

2.0

Atto565*

51

47

Atto647N*

60

110

Cy3*

110

610

Cy5*

88

180

DyLight405*

16

N.D.

DyLight488*

3.7

N.D.

Fluorescein

7.4

N.D.

Fluorescein*

8.7

10.3

OregonGreen488*

12

N.D.

Rhodamine B

37

110

Sulfo-Cy3*

66

130

Sulfo-Cy5*

34

28

Environmentally sensitive fluorophores

TtMac98A

scNup116

FG in:out

FG in:out

DAPI

1700

8100

Ethidium bromide

22

N.D.

Hoechst 33258

3300

N.D.

Hoechst 33342

3300

>10000

Hoechst 34580

>10000

>10000

Nuclear yellow

970

N.D.

Oxazole yellow

380

N.D.

SYPRO orange

1000

1090

Thioflavin-T

4.3

220

  1. N.D. not determined.
  2. The fluorophores are arranged in alphabetical order. * indicates that a cysteine-quenched fluorophore maleimide was tested.