Steady-state polarization from cylindrically symmetric fluorophores undergoing rapid restricted motion

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1830-1835

  Irving, Malcolm ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GEOMETRY; IMMOBILIZATION; POLARIZATION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0029961637     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79748-5     Document Type: Article

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