title: Photoactive molecules for applications in molecular imaging and cell biology.
abstract: Photoactive technology has proven successful for non-invasive regulation of biological activities and processes in living cells. With the light-directed generation of biomaterials or signals, mechanisms in cell biology can be investigated at the molecular level with spatial and temporal resolution. In this tutorial review, we aim to introduce the important applications of photoactive molecules for elucidating cell biology on aspects of protein engineering, fluorescence labelling, gene regulation and cell physiological functions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Bengang
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xing
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003585:Cell Biology; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D057054:Molecular Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015202:Protein Engineering