Luciferase-induced photoreductive uncaging of small-molecule effectors

Eric Lindberg1, Simona Angerani1, Marcello Anzola1

  • 1Department of Organic Chemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nature Communications
|September 1, 2018
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