lysotracker

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noun

Any of a range of fluorescent dyes used to stain lysosomes

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Meanings

nounlysotracker (plural lysotrackers)

plural lysotrackers

  1. biologyAny of a range of fluorescent dyes used to stain lysosomes

    CellLight ER and GA labelled with GFP, and lysotracker green DND-26 were then incubated to the cells to track the co-localisation of aptamers with ER, GA and lysosomes respectively, and fixed using 4% PFA. The nuclei were counterstained with DAPI (blue).

    2015 August 8, “Selective Targeting to Glioma with Nucleic Acid Aptamers”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From lyso- + tracker.

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APA

lysotracker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lysotracker

MLA

“lysotracker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lysotracker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lysotracker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lysotracker.

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