Kurt Schaffner: From organic photochemistry to photobiology

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 872-880

  Gärtner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BILE PIGMENT; PHYTOCHROME; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OAT;

AVENA SATIVA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BILE PIGMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYTOCHROME; POLYSTYRENES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84866449983     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2pp05405a     Document Type: Review

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