Diazo Compounds: Versatile Tools for Chemical Biology

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3233-3244

  Mix, Kalie A ^a   Aronoff, Matthew R ^a,b   Raines, Ronald T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBENOID; DIAZONIUM COMPOUND; NATURAL PRODUCT; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ALKYLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYCLOADDITION; METABOLIC STABILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROCEDURES;

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CYCLOADDITION REACTION; DIAZONIUM COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

EID: 85006499430     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00810     Document Type: Review

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