Cooperative effects in the photophysical properties of self-associated triguanosine diphosphates

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 526-530

  Markovitsi, Dimitra ^a,b   Gustavsson, Thomas ^a   Sharonov, Alexei ^a,c  

^a DIF   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYGUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; GUANOSINE; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; TRIGUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; TRIMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BOND; LIFESPAN; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTOPHYSICS; PHYSICS; QUANTUM YIELD; SOLVATION; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TETRAPLEX STRUCTURE; TIME RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

DEOXYGUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; FLUORESCENCE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; HYDROGEN BONDING; LIGHT; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 3342936738     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2003-12-12-RA.1     Document Type: Article

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