title: Flash Photolysis of Caged Compounds: Casting Light on Physiological Processes.
abstract: Photorelease of bioactive molecules from inactive precursors is a very powerful tool for the study of the molecular mechanisms underlying physiological processes as diverse as ionic channel modulation, exocytosis, phototransduction, ligand-receptor interaction, and cross-bridge activity. A brief account of the methodology, available compounds, and fields of application is presented here.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia Strutturale e Funzionale, Università dell'Insubria, Via Dunant 3,21100 Varese, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giovannardi
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Landò
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peres