Reactive CF® Dyes
Our bright, photostable, highly water soluble CF® Dyes with a wide selection of colors and functional groups. Learn more about different reactive dye chemistries for bioconjugation.
CF® Dye DBCO
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CF® Dye with dibenzocyclooctyne (i.e., DBCO, ADIBO) reacts with azide via copper-free click chemistry by strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition (SPAAC).
CF® Dye TCO
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CF® Dye with TCO (trans-cyclooctene) groups react with tetrazine-labeled molecules via copper-free click chemistry.
CF® Dye Methyltetrazine
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CF® Dye with methyltetrazine reacts with cyclooctene (TCO, methylcyclopropene) labeled molecules via copper-free click chemistry.
CF® Dye SE/TFP Ester
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CF® Dye SE/TFP esters are amine-reactive fluorescent dyes. They are commonly used to label primary amines of antibodies and other proteins, amine-modified oligonucleotides and other amine-containing molecules.
CF® Dye Maleimides
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CF® Dye Maleimides are thiol-reactive fluorescent dyes. Maleimides are commonly used to label proteins, peptides or other molecules containing free thiol groups.
CF® Dye Hydrazide
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Fluorescent CF® dye hydrazides are bright, extremely water-soluble, nontoxic molecules, useful as aldehyde-fixable cell tracers. They can also be used to label aldehyde or ketone groups of polysaccharides, carbohydrates or glycoproteins.
CF® Dye Picolyl Azide
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CF® dye picolyl azide derivatives fluorescently label alkyne groups on biomolecules via the standard azide-alkyne cycloaddition, but at low copper concentrations.
CF® Dye Tyramide
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Fluorescent CF® Dye tyramides are used for tyramide signal amplification (TSA) for increasing immunofluorescence sensitivity in multicolor immunocytochemistry (ICC), immunohistochemistry (IHC), or in situ hybridization (ISH).
CF® Dye MTS
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CF® dye MTS are fast-reacting, highly selective thiol-reactive derivatives for reversible labeling of thiol groups with fluorescent CF® dyes.
CF® Dye BCN
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CF® Dyes with a BCN group react with azides via a copper-free bioorthogonal reaction to label target molecules for surface staining of live cells or cell extracts. Membrane-permeant CF® Dye BCN conjugates for intracellular labeling reactions are also available.
CF® Dye Azide
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CF® Dyes with an azide group. Can be used to label or detect alkyne, BCN or cyclooctyne-containing molecules by fluorescence spectroscopy, microscopy or flow cytometry following copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition.
CF® Dye Alkyne
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CF® Dye alkynes react with azide groups via copper-catalyzed bioorthogonal cycloaddition. Can be used to fluorescently detect or label azide groups on target molecules. CF® Dye alkynes can also be used as building blocks to form fluorescent polymers.
CF® Dye Aminooxy
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CF® dyes with an aminooxy reactive group are useful for fluorescently labeling aldehyde or ketone groups on target molecules such as polysaccharides, glycoproteins or antibodies.
CF® Dye Amine
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CF® Dyes with a reactive amine group to fluorescently label carboxylic acid groups in proteins and other molecules.