Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Science, 36(12), p. 11955-11964, 2021
DOI: 10.1039/d1sc01914g
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Acridonylalanine (Acd) is photostable, with a high quantum yield and long fluorescence lifetime in water. An evolved tRNA synthetase (RS) enables genetic incorporation of Acd in mammalian cells and its use in fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy.