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What color is Cy3?
Posted July 1, 2021
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Cy3 is orange in color. It fluoresces greenish yellow at 555 nm excitation and 570 nm emission. Cy3 belongs to the Cyanine family of synthetic polymethine dyes and is widely used for flow cytometry, imaging, and genomic applications.
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