Cysteine-based fluorescence “turn-on” sensors for Cu2+ and Ag+

Turn-on Fluorescent Chemosensor Based on an Amino Acid for Pb(II) and Hg(II) Ions in Aqueous Solutions and Role of Tryptophan for Sensing

(2013) Lok Nath Neupane et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

The Cation−π Interaction

(2012) Dennis A. Dougherty   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Novel optical chemosensors for anions and cations based on an amino acid core functionalised with benzimidazoles

(2012) Rosa M.F. Batista et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Insight into the Cation−π Interaction at the Metal Binding Site of the Copper Metallochaperone CusF

(2011) Dhruva K. Chakravorty et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Selective and Sensitive Ratiometric Detection of Hg(II) Ions Using a Simple Amino Acid Based Sensor

(2011) Mi-Hwa Yang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

The Discovery of Zinc Fingers and Their Applications in Gene Regulation and Genome Manipulation

(2010) Aaron Klug   Annual Review of Biochemistry

The discovery of zinc fingers and their development for practical applications in gene regulation and genome manipulation

(2010) Aaron Klug   QUARTERLY REVIEWS OF BIOPHYSICS

Tryptophan Cu(I)–π interaction fine-tunes the metal binding properties of the bacterial metallochaperone CusF

(2009) Isabell R. Loftin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Quenching of the Fluorescence of Aromatic Pterins by Deoxynucleotides

(2009) Gabriela Petroselli et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

A pyrene-containing fluorescent sensor with high selectivity for lead(II) ion in water with dual illustration of ground-state dimer

(2009) Lijun Ma et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Tryptophan π‐Electron System Capping a Copper(I) Binding Site—A New Organometallic Bonding Mode in Proteins

(2008) Olaf Kühl et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Copper shares a piece of the π

(2008) Katherine J Franz   Nature Chemical Biology