The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.

Bijan P Das

Richard Ray Tidwell

David W Boykin

W David Wilson

Christine C Dykstra

Arvind Kumar

Jaroslaw Spychala

Disclosed is a method of fluorescent detection of a nucleic acid. The method comprises contacting to the nucleic acid a bis-dicationic aryl furan compound, such as 2,5-bis�4-(4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-1,3-diazepin-2-yl) phenyl! furan; 2,5-bis{�4-(N-isopropyl) amidino! phenyl}furan; and physiologically acceptable salts thereof, and exposing the nucleic acid to light at a frequency to induce fluorescence of the compound. A method for fluorescent detection of cytoskeleton elements, and novel bis-dicationic aryl furan compounds are also disclosed.

Method of fluorescent detection of nucleic acids and cytoskeleton

Disclosed is a method of fluorescent detection of a nucleic acid. The method comprises contacting to the nucleic acid a bis-dicationic aryl furan compound, such as 2,5-bis[4-(4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-1,3-diazepin-2-yl) phenyl] furan; 2,5-bis{[4-(N-isopropyl) amidino] phenyl}furan; and physiologically acceptable salts thereof, and exposing the nucleic acid to light at a frequency to induce fluorescence of the compound. A method for fluorescent detection of cytoskeleton elements, and novel bis-dicationic aryl furan compounds are also disclosed.

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Bijan P Das