Pressure effects on absorption spectra of the isolated reaction center of Photosystem II

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 225-231

  Gall, Bernhard ^a   Ellervee, Aleksandr ^b   Tars, Märt ^b   Scheer, Hugo ^a   Freiberg, Arvi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institute of Physics   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Hydrostatic pressure; Photosystem II; Pigment exchange; Reaction center; Spectral shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030799014     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005876310854     Document Type: Article

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