About Cy2

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Cy2 is an important historical fluorophore from GE Healthcare. It has an excitation peak at 492 nm and an emission peak at 508 nm. Spectrally its similar to fluorescein, Alexa Fluor™ 488 and CF®488A.

Dyes similar to Cy2 based on emission

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5-CFDA 5-FAM 7C ATTO 465 AccuClear Aldefluor Brilliant Blue 515 BDY FL SE BDY FL-X SE BODIPY 493/503 BODIPY FL Brilliant Violet 510 CF440 CF488A CF500 CPN510 Green Calcein Calcein AM Calcein Green Carboxyfluorescein CellBrite Fix 488 CellBrite Green CellTracker Violet Chromeo 488 CoraLite Plus 488 CytoTrace Green CMFDA DY-380XL DiO EFLUXX-ID Green Emerald GFP ExoBrite 490/515 EV Membrane Stain FDG FLUOFORTE FVS510 FVS520 Fluo-4 Fluo-4 AM Fluorescein Fura-2 (Ca2+bound) Fura-2 (Ca2+free) GFP Ghost Dye Blue 516 Ghost Dye Violet 510 KikGR1 (green) Live-or-Dye 488/515 Live/Dead Fix Lime Live/Dead Fix Scarlet LysoBrite Green LysoTracker Green Mag-Fluo-4 Mag-Fura-2 MagDot 525 MaxLight 490 MemBrite Fix 488/515 MemBrite Fix 488/515 MitoLite Green FM MitoTracker Green MultiDot 525 NL 493 Neuro DiO NeuroVue Jade NovaFluor Blue 510 Nuclear Yellow Oxazole Yellow Oxazole Yellow Homodimer PKH67 Pacific Green PhenoVue Cal-520 AM Bright, Calcium Indicator PhenoVue Cal-520 AM, Calcium Indicator PhenoVue Fura-2 AM, Calcium Indicator PhenoVue ROS-490, Total Oxidative Stress Indicator PhenoVue 493 Lipid Stain PhenoVue 503 Lysosomal Stain PhenoVue Fluor 488 PromoFluor 488P ReadiLink 405-508 ReadiLink 492-516 STAR 440L STAR 440SXP Seta-385-NHS Spark Blue 515 Spark Violet 500 StarBright UltraViolet 510 StarBright Violet 515 SureLight 488 T-Sapphire TSA Vivid 520 V500 VRDye 490 Viafluor CFSE violetFluor 500 Vio515 VioBright 515 VivaFix 408/512 VivaFix 498/521 YO-PRO-1 YOYO-1 Zombie Aqua Zombie Green ZsGreen eFluor 506 eFluor 506 Fix Viability eFluor 514 Calcium Sensor eGFP iFluor 488 mAzamiGreen BDY FL Staurosporine BDY Lenalidomide