Excited states and energy transfer among DNA bases in double helices

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 717-724

  Markovitsi, Dimitra ^a   Gustavsson, Thomas ^a   Talbot, Francis ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; POLY(DEOXYADENYLATE DEOXYTHYMIDYLATE); POLYMER;

ANISOTROPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; STEADY STATE;

EID: 34447132256     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b705674e     Document Type: Review

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