Effect of pH on aqueous phenylalanine studied using a 265-nm pulsed light-emitting diode

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1130, Issue , 2008, Pages 300-304

  Macmillan, Alexander M ^a   McGuinness, Colin D ^b   Sagoo, Kulwinder ^c   McLoskey, David ^c   Pickup, John C ^b   Birch, David J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HORIBA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

265 nm LED; Phenylalanine; Rotamer model

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM YIELD;

EID: 47249112542     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1430.056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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