Calculated coupling of electron and proton transfer in the photosynthetic reaction center of Rhodopseudomonas viridis

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2469-2492

  Lancaster, C Roy D ^a   Michel, Hartmut ^a   Honig, Barry ^b   Gunner, M R ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCHLORIS VIRIDIS; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL PH; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTON TRANSPORT;

BLASTOCHLORIS VIRIDIS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030030176     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79820-X     Document Type: Article

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