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Nature Biotechnology 24, 95–99 (1 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/nbt1175

A genetically encoded photosensitizer

Maria E Bulina , Dmitriy M Chudakov , Olga V Britanova , Yurii G Yanushevich , Dmitry B Staroverov , Tatyana V Chepurnykh , Ekaterina M Merzlyak , Maria A Shkrob , Sergey Lukyanov & Konstantin A Lukyanov

Photosensitizers are chromophores that generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon light irradiation. They are used for inactivation of specific proteins by chromophore-assisted light inactivation (CALI) and for light-induced cell killing in photodynamic therapy.