Pulsed ENDOR of the photoexcited triplet states of bacteriochlorophyll a and of the primary donor P865 in reaction centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 189-197

  Lendzian, Friedhelm ^a   Bittl, Robert ^a   Lubitz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial reaction center; Charge transfer; ENDOR; Excitation delocalization; Primary donor; Triplet states

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0031855897     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006030221445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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