Stepwise Two-Photon Excitation of 1,5-Dihydroflavin Mononucleotide: Study of Flavosemiquinone Properties

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 591-595

  El Hanine Lmoumene, Chaibia ^a   Lindqvist, Lars ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

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EID: 0000266191     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb03194.x     Document Type: Article

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