title: The power of light: photosensitive tools for chemical biology.
abstract: The recent developments and future perspectives in the use of light triggered reactions in chemical biology are reviewed with the focus on novel caged compounds for protein and oligonucleotide modification, phototriggered cross linking agents and the photosensitive nanomaterials.
authors.affiliation: DFG-Centre for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Wolfgang Gaede Street 1a, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
authors.forename: Ishtiaq
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Ljiljana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fruk
mesh_terms: D008027:Light; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000379:methods; D010788:Photosynthesis; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species