Molecular Beacons: Powerful Tools for Imaging RNA in Living Cells

Figure 3

Structures of the superquenched MB. MB with one (1Q), two (2Q), and three (3Q) Dabcyl quenchers. The structures are represented in their oxidized state. The linker structures, the reporter linked to the 3′ end and the quencher or quenchers attached at the 5′ terminus correspond to [19].