Flash photolysis of caged compounds: Casting light on physiological processes

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 251-255

  Giovannardi, Stefano ^a   Landò, Luca ^a   Peres, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0032374705     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1998.13.5.251     Document Type: Article

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