Porphyrin fluorescence dominates UV photoemission of folded cytochrome c

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1308-1312

  Löwenich, Dennis ^a   Kleinermanns, Karl ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; PORPHYRIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HORSE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES C; HORSES; PORPHYRINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 36349010788     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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