Riboflavin as a Source of Autofluorescence in Eisenia fetida Coelomocytes

Photochemistry and Photobiology, Mar/Apr 2006 by Koziol, Beata, Markowicz, Magdalena, Kruk, Jerzy, Plytycz, Barbara

Acknowledgements-This work was supported by the Jagiellonian University, Poland, grants DS/IZ/ZIE/2005.

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