The α,5-dicarboxy-2-nitrobenzyl caging group, a tool for biophysical applications with improved hydrophilicity: Synthesis, photochemical properties and biological characterization

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1247-1254

  Schaper, Klaus ^a   Madani Mobarekeh, Sayed Abdollah ^a   Doro, Peter ^a   Maydt, Daniela ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CELL LINE; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROBENZENES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 78649647595     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2010.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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