Spectral broadening of interacting pigments: Polarized absorption by photosynthetic proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1934-1951

  Somsen, Oscar J G ^a   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^a   Van Amerongen, Herbert ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PURPLE MEMBRANE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0029817753     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79392-X     Document Type: Article

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