Structure-based calculations of the optical spectra of the LH2 bacteriochlorophyll-protein complex from Rhodopseudomonas acidophila

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 564-576

  Sauer, Kenneth ^a   Cogdell, Richard J ^b   Prince, Steve M ^b   Freer, Andy ^b   Isaacs, Neil W ^b   Scheer, Hugo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030454380     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb03106.x     Document Type: Article

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