英和和英

語源

Blend of mitochondria +‎ tracker

名詞

mitotracker (複数形 mitotrackers)

1. (cytology) Any of a family of commercial fluorescent dyes used to stain mitochondria in living cells
   • 2015 December 15, “Collagen Promotes Higher Adhesion, Survival and Proliferation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells”, in PLOS ONE^[1], DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0145068:

     TMRE was used in our study for mitochondrial staining instead of commonly used mitotracker dyes since we were interested in visualizing only the active mitochondria in the cells.