Fluorescence lifetimes of oriented green bacteria cells, cell fragments and oriented bacteriochlorophyll c molecules

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-239

  Fra̧ckowiak, Danuta ^a   Dudkowiak, Alina ^a   Ptak, Arkadiusz ^a   Malak, Henryk ^b,c   Gryczyński, Ignacy ^b   Zelent, Bogumił ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Microsom Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll c; Green bacteria; Lifetime of fluorescence; Polarized fluorescence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOPHEOPHYTIN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PROSTHECOCHLORIS AESTUARII;

EID: 0032584487     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(98)00149-3     Document Type: Article

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