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Merola, F., Levy, B., Demachy, I., Pasquier, H. (2010). Photophysics and Spectroscopy of Fluorophores in the Green Fluorescent Protein Family. In: Demchenko, A. (eds) Advanced Fluorescence Reporters in Chemistry and Biology I. Springer Series on Fluorescence, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04702-2_11
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