Potent hemithioindigo-based antimitotics photocontrol the microtubule cytoskeleton in cellulo

Alexander Sailer, Franziska Ermer, Yvonne Kraus, Rebekkah Bingham, Ferdinand H. Lutter, Julia Ahlfeld and Oliver Thorn-Seshold
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 125–134. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.16.14

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Potent hemithioindigo-based antimitotics photocontrol the microtubule cytoskeleton in cellulo
Alexander Sailer, Franziska Ermer, Yvonne Kraus, Rebekkah Bingham, Ferdinand H. Lutter, Julia Ahlfeld and Oliver Thorn-Seshold
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 125–134. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.16.14

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Sailer, A.; Ermer, F.; Kraus, Y.; Bingham, R.; Lutter, F. H.; Ahlfeld, J.; Thorn-Seshold, O. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 125–134. doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.14

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