Separating the turbidity spectra of vesicles from the absorption spectra of membrane probes and other chromophores

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-259

  Castanho, Miguel A R B ^a,b   Santos, Nuno C ^a,b   Loura, Luís M S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Absorption spectrum; Dehydroergosterol; Membrane probe; Turbidity; Vesicle

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; LIPID MEMBRANE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; TURBIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030823194     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050078     Document Type: Article

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