Oscillations of the energy gap for the initial electron-transfer step in bacterial reaction centers

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 147-152

  Parson, William W ^a   Chu, Zhen Tao ^b   Warshel, Arieh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulations; Electron transfer; Energy gap; Molecular dynamics; Oscillations; Reaction centers (bacterial)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0008195918     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005992121305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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