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Evidence of inter- and intra-molecular crosslinking of tyrosine residues of calmodulin induced by photo-activation of ruthenium(ii)

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Tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)ruthenium(ii) upon illumination with light at a wavelength of 450 nm in the presence of an electron acceptor induces dityrosine crosslinking in proteins.

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    Oleg A. Andreev, Yana K. Reshetnyak & Ronald H. Goldfarb

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Andreev, O.A., Reshetnyak, Y.K. & Goldfarb, R.H. Evidence of inter- and intra-molecular crosslinking of tyrosine residues of calmodulin induced by photo-activation of ruthenium(ii). Photochem Photobiol Sci 1, 834–836 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1039/b201474b

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