On spectral relaxation in proteins

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 421-437

  Lakowicz, Joseph R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; FLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; KINETICS; PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0034309767     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0421:OSRIP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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