Fluorescence Behavior of Euglena Photoreceptor

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-97

  Evangelista, Valtere ^a   Passarelli, Vincenzo ^a   Barsanti, Laura ^a   Gualtieri, Paolo ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUGLENA; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANIMALS; EUGLENA; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EUGLENA;

EID: 0242333990     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)078<0093:FBOEP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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