Applications of terahertz(THz) spectroscopy in biological macromolecules

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 484-489

  Wang, Yi Fan ^a   Yu, Wan Cong ^b   Zhou, Feng Juan ^a   Xue, Zhao Hui ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biology; Carbohydrate; DNA; Protein; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954923957     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1206.2009.00562     Document Type: Article

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