Fluorescence life-times and aggregation states of the core light harvesting complex B875 from Rubrivivax gelatinosus

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-43

  Jirsakova, Vladimira ^a   Reiss Husson, Françoise ^a   Ranck, Jean Luc ^a   Moya, Ismaël ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial antenna; Purple bacteria; Reconstitution; Synchroton radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030725061     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005880405153     Document Type: Article

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