Comparison of the Time-resolved Absorption and Phosphorescence from the Tryptophan Triplet State in Proteins in Solution

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 391-398

  Gershenson, Anne ^a,b   Gafni, Ari ^a   Steel, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AZURIN; ENZYME; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; KINETICS; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; AZURIN; ENZYMES; KINETICS; LUMINESCENCE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0032040403     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb05216.x     Document Type: Article

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