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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 10.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Chem. 2022 Jun 20;14(8):905–913. doi: 10.1038/s41557-022-00972-7

Figure 2. A general strategy for synthesizing cap analogues with photo-cleavable groups (FlashCaps) for triggering translation by light.

Figure 2

The self-immolative carbamate linkage ensures efficient light-mediated release of cap 0. For details see the extended data (Extended Data Fig. 1).