A new caged Ca2+, azid-1, is far more photosensitive than nitrobenzyl-based chelators

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 867-878

  Adams, Stephen R ^a   Lev Ram, Varda ^a   Tsien, Roger Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Azides; Caged calcium; Cerebellum; Long term depression; Photolysis

Indexed keywords

1,2-BIS(2-AMINOPHENOXY)ETHANE-N,N,N',N'-TETRAACETIC ACID; 2 NITROPHENYL EGTA; 2-NITROPHENYL-EGTA; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PURKINJE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CHELATING AGENTS; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOLYSIS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0031283461     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(97)90119-8     Document Type: Article

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