Fluorescent dimers of merocyanine 540 (MC540) in the gel phase of phosphatidylcholine liposomes

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-48

  Bernik, Delia ^a   Tymczyszyn, Elizabeth ^a   Daraio, Marta Edit ^a   Negri, R Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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EID: 0002649651     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb01947.x     Document Type: Article

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