Fluorescence properties of the arthropodan hemocyanin Carcinus aestuarii

Oxidation Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 145-152

  Hristova, R ^a   Dolashka Angelova, P ^a   Gigova, M ^a   Voelter, W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b Abt Phys Biochem P   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescence spectroscopy; Hemocyanin; pH stability; Quenching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034340582     PISSN: 02094541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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