Singlet excited states and the light-harvesting function of carotenoids in bacterial photosynthesis

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-256

  Koyama, Yasushi ^a   Kuki, Michitaka ^b   Andersson, Per Ola ^c   Gillbro, Tomas ^c  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030064466     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb03021.x     Document Type: Review

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