Extremely bright, water-soluble, amine-reactive squaraine-rotaxane label containing one NHS-ester group. The ideal label for proteins and other amino-modified biomolecules including oligonucleotides.
Advantages
Perfectly suited for excitation with 635, 650, 670 and 680-nm diode lasers
Low quenching tendency at high dye-to-protein ratios compared to other labels e.g. Cy5.5™
Considerably higher photostability compared to other cyanine dyes (Cy5.5 or Alexa 680)
High chemical stability against oxidation with peroxides or other oxygen species