Energy trapping and detrapping by wild type and mutant reaction centers of purple non-sulfur bacteria

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 309-319

  Freiberg, Arvi ^a,b   Allen, James P ^a   Williams, JoAnn C ^a   Woodbury, Neal W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Estonia)

Author keywords

bacteriochlorophyll; energy transfer; exciton; picosecond fluorescence; Rhodobacter sphaeroides; Rhodospirillum rubrum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0029910057     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00041022     Document Type: Article

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