Red-shifted fluorescence from polyguanylic acid in aqueous solution at room temperature

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 211-216

  Kononov, A I ^a   Bakulev, V M ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Fluorescence excitation spectra; Guanine cations; Polyguanylic acid; Protonation

Indexed keywords

POLYGUANYLIC ACID;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; IONIC STRENGTH; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0030199469     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(96)07288-0     Document Type: Article

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