Excited-state properties of thymidine and their relevance to its heterogeneous emission in double-stranded DNA

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 646-652

  Georghiou, S ^a   Stacy Gerke, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; THYMIDINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

DNA; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THYMIDINE;

EID: 0033142958     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb03340.x     Document Type: Article

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