Biogenic Guanine Crystals Are Solid Solutions of Guanine and Other Purine Metabolites
2022; American Chemical Society; Volume: 144; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1021/jacs.2c00724
ISSN1943-2984
AutoresNoam Pinsk, Avital Wagner, Lilian Cohen, Christopher J. H. Smalley, Colan E. Hughes, Gan Zhang, Mariela J. Pavan, Nicola Casati, Anne Jantschke, Gil Goobes, Kenneth D. M. Harris, Benjamin A. Palmer,
Tópico(s)Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
ResumoHighly reflective crystals of the nucleotide base guanine are widely distributed in animal coloration and visual systems. Organisms precisely control the morphology and organization of the crystals to optimize different optical effects, but little is known about how this is achieved. Here we examine a fundamental question that has remained unanswered after over 100 years of research on guanine:
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