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Delivery of Fluorescent Phalloidin

Caption: The delivery of fluorescent phalloidin into cells by pHLIP. (a) HeLa cells at pH 7.4 (Left) shows weak label localized at the cell membrane, and pH 6.5 (Right) shows fluorescent actin filaments inside cells. (b) HeLa (Left), breast cancer (Center), and prostate cancer (Right) cells show different and characteristic patterns of fluorescent actin filaments.

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