Time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 637-642

  Millar, David P ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY; TIME;

EID: 0030272742     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80030-3     Document Type: Article

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