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Single mutation in a novel bacterial LOV protein yields a singlet oxygen generator

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  1. Department of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7/A, 43124, Parma, Italy

    Eleonora Consiglieri & Aba Losi

  2. Institute for Analytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Linnéstrasse 3, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Qianzhao Xu

  3. State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Qianzhao Xu

  4. Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark

    Mikkel Bregnhøj, Michael Westberg & Peter R. Ogilby

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Consiglieri, E., Xu, Q., Bregnhøj, M. et al. Single mutation in a novel bacterial LOV protein yields a singlet oxygen generator. Photochem Photobiol Sci 18, 2657–2660 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1039/c9pp00328b

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