Absorption spectra of planarian visual pigments and two states of the metarhodopsin intermediates

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-104

  Azuma, K ^a   Iwasaki, N ^a   Ohtsu, K ^b,c  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANARIA; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0002021437     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb05312.x     Document Type: Article

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