Cyanine dyes in biophysical research: The photophysics of polymethine fluorescent dyes in biomolecular environments

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-151

  Levitus, Marcia ^a   Ranjit, Suman ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOPHYSICS; CARBOCYANINES; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 79951670919     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: 14698994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583510000247     Document Type: Article

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