Photoactivation of Caged Compounds in Single Living Cells: An Application to the Study of Cell Locomotion

Open Access

7 August 1997

journal article
Published by Taylor & Francis in BioTechniques

Vol. 23 (2) , 268-274
https://doi.org/10.2144/97232st01

Abstract

Caged compounds are molecules whose biological function is masked until UV light induces a photo-chemical reaction that converts the molecules into a biologically active state. These probes provide...

Keywords

FUNCTION
CELL BIOLOGY
PHOTOACTIVATION
COMPOUNDS
CAGED COMPOUND
MOLECULES WHOSE BIOLOGICAL
INDICATOR FLUORESCENCE

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