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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Soc Rev. 2015 Mar 17;44(10):3036–3055. doi: 10.1039/c5cs00020c

Figure 12.

Figure 12

Molecular beacons used for intracellular imaging. (A) Illustration of the nicked molecular beacon-functionalized AuNPs for in situ imaging of intracellular telomerase. Reprinted with permission from ref. 136. Copyright (2014) American Chemical Society. (B) Working principle of switchable molecular aptamer beacon micelle flares for molecular imaging in living cells. Reprinted with permission from ref. 140. Copyright (2013) American Chemical Society. (C) Analysis of the molecular beacon probe for spatiotemporal MnSOD mRNA detection in living cells.