Hydrogen atoms are produced when tryptophan within a protein is irradiated with ultraviolet light

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 492-495

  Angiolillo, Paul J ^a   Vanderkooi, Jane M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030239378     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb03095.x     Document Type: Article

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