“…Unlike conventional labels, fluorogens do not have their own pronounced fluorescence in a free form in an aqueous medium. However, they are capable of acquiring it upon binding to various target structures such as proteins [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ], nucleotides [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ], or even whole organelles [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ]. Various methine dyes [ 20 , 23 ], including diverse arylidene-azolones [ 14 , 15 ] and derivatives of fluorescent protein chromophores [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 11 , 12 , 18 , 19 , 22 ], are widely used as such labels.…”