Photoremovable Protecting Groups
Photoremovable protecting groups (PPGs) (also often called photocages in the literature) are used for temporary inactivation of biologically active substrates. By photoirradiation the PPG could be cleaved off and the biological activity could be restored on-demand, with a high spatiotemporal precisi...
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MDPI AG
2022-07-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-8392/2/3/82 |