Issue 7, 2007

Photochemical control of biological processes

Abstract

Photochemical regulation of biological processes offers a high level of control to study intracellular mechanisms with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution. This report summarizes the advances made in recent years, focusing predominantly on the in vivo regulation of gene function using irradiation with UV light. The majority of the described applications entail the utilization of photocaging groups installed either on a small molecule modulator of biomolecular function or directly on a biological macromolecule itself.

Graphical abstract: Photochemical control of biological processes

Article information

Article type
Emerging Area
Submitted
09 Nov 2006
Accepted
07 Dec 2006
First published
20 Dec 2006

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2007,5, 999-1005

Photochemical control of biological processes

D. D. Young and A. Deiters, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2007, 5, 999 DOI: 10.1039/B616410M

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