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. 1970 Jan;116(2):161–169. doi: 10.1042/bj1160161

Isolation and spectral characterization of phycobiliproteins

F W J Teale 1, R E Dale 1,*
PMCID: PMC1185341  PMID: 5414092

Abstract

Several phycobiliproteins were prepared chromatographically pure and their absorption, fluorescence-emission, fluorescence-excitation and fluorescence-excitation polarization spectra determined. Changes in these spectra with ionic strength of the aqueous medium and chromoprotein concentration were interpreted in terms of interchromophore energy transfer and protein subunit equilibria. The complexity of the polarization spectra confirms the presence of different types of chromophore, designated sensitizing (`s') and fluorescing (`f'), in a single protein.

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