Ultrafast absorption difference spectra of the Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein at 19 K: Experiment and simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-36

  Buck, Daniel R ^a   Savikhin, Sergei ^a   Struve, Walter S ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBIUM; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROSTHECOCHLORIS AESTUARII;

EID: 0031038444     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78644-2     Document Type: Article

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