Abstract
Until 1972,1 the fluorescence decay of tryptophan was believed to be singly exponential with a lifetime on the order of 3 ns (the “classic” value), but in the last few years a number of published reports have generated amazing confusion in this particular subject (Table 1).
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Lopez-Delgado, R. (1983). Comments on the Tryptophan Lifetime Puzzle. In: Cundall, R.B., Dale, R.E. (eds) Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Biochemistry and Biology. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series, vol 69. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1634-4_32
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