Electron Transfer Fluorescence Quenching of Blepharisma japonicum Photoreceptor Pigments

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 864-868

  Angelini, Nicola ^a,b   Quaranta, Annamaria ^a   Checcucci, Giovanni ^a,c   Song, Pill Soon ^d,e   Lenci, Francesco ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e Kumho Life and Environ Sci Lab   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEPHARISMA JAPONICUM; CILIOPHORA; STENTOR COERULEUS;

EID: 0000610257     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb05297.x     Document Type: Article

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