The organization of bacteriochlorophyll c in chlorosomes from Chloroflexus aurantiacus and the structural role of carotenoids and protein: An absorption, linear dichroism, circular dichroism and Stark spectroscopy study

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-126

  Frese, Raoul ^a   Oberheide, Uwe ^a   Van Stokkum, Ivo ^a   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^a   Foidl, Markus ^b   Oelze, Jürgen ^b   Van Amerongen, Herbert ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Chloroflexus aurantiacus; Chlorosomes; Light harvesting; Polarized spectroscopy; Stark spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031452627     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005903613179     Document Type: Article

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