Kinetic modeling of exciton migration in photosynthetic systems. 3. Application of genetic algorithms to simulations of excitation dynamics in three-dimensional photosystem I core antenna/reaction center complexes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 351-364

  Trinkunas, Gediminas ^a,b   Holzwarth, Alfred R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0029947065     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79233-0     Document Type: Article

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