Effects of zwitterionic detergents on the electronic structure of the primary donor and the charge recombination kinetics of P+Q(A)-, in native and mutant reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 199-205

  Müh, Frank ^a   Schulz, Claudia ^a   Schlodder, Eberhard ^a   Jones, Michael R ^b   Rautter, Joachim ^a   Kühn, Matthias ^a   Lubitz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Detergent protein interaction; ENDOR TRIPLE spectroscopy; Pigment protein interaction; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0031856788     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005960003482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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