Biologically active molecules with a "light switch".

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Published in Angew Chem Int Ed Engl on July 24, 2006

Authors

Günter Mayer1, Alexander Heckel

Author Affiliations

1: Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany. gmayer@uni-bonn.de

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