Patent ID: 7198958
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: C09B

Abstract:
1. A fluorescent label compound of formula wherein Z is a reactive group selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid, a carboxylic acid reactive ester, a carboxylic acid anhydride, —CONH-L-A and —COO-L-A; wherein L is a linking moiety, and wherein A is a reactive group selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid, carboxylic acid reactive ester, carboxylic acid anhydride, maleimide, sulfonyl halide, hydrazine, amine, hydroxy, acyl azide, isocyariate, aldehyde, haloacetamide, triazine and isothiocyanate, wherein the fluorophore is a dipyrrometheneboron difluoride dye and Y is a water-solubilizing moiety.