Flavin-based blue-light photosensors: A photobiophysics update

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1283-1300

  Losi, Aba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; RIBOFLAVIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; HUMAN; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; COLOR; FLAVINS; HUMANS; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 36249024090     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00196.x     Document Type: Review

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