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Small molecule fluorophores are kept in their “off” state via intramolecular quenching of the fluorophore through intramolecular aromatic–aromatic interactions or FRET and switched “on” by protein binding to one of the aromatic components or via protein binding followed by a chemoselective reaction with one of the aromatic components. Figure adapted from85.
