Kinetics of excited states of pigment clusters in solubilized light- harvesting complex II: Photon density-dependent fluorescence yield and transmittance

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3370-3380

  Schödel, René ^a   Hillmann, Frank ^a   Schrötter, Thorsten ^a   Voigt, Joachim ^a   Irrgang, Klaus D ^b   Renger, Gernot ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; LIGHT; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0029731741     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79530-9     Document Type: Article

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