mitotracker

English

Alternative forms

• MitoTracker

Etymology

Blend of mitochondria +‎ tracker

Noun

mitotracker (plural 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:

     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.