A spin label study of the interacciono f biologically active terpens whit models membranas

TURINA, A.V.; CLOP, E. M.; PERILLO, M. A. AND SCHREIER, S.

Instituto Militar de Engenharia-Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Workshop; 2nd Internacional Workshop on Spectroscopy for Biology; 2004

Sociedade Brasileira de Espectroscopia

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