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Reviewing the relevance of fluorescence in biological systems

M Gabriela Lagorio1, Gabriela B Cordon, Analia Iriel

  • 1INQUIMAE/D.Q.I.A y Q.F. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. mgl@qi.fcen.uba.ar.

Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences : Official Journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology
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