Coupling of exciton motion in the core antenna and primary charge separation in the reaction center

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 75-82

  Pearlstein, Robert M ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electron transfer; exciton trapping; LH1; purple bacteria

Indexed keywords

PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0029864545     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00040998     Document Type: Review

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