Disordered exciton model for the core light-harvesting antenna of Rhodopseudomonas viridis

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 666-681

  Novoderezhkin, Vladimir ^a   Monshouwer, René ^b   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BLASTOCHLORIS VIRIDIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; EXCITATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; SPECTROSCOPY; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE;

RHODOPSEUDOMONAS VIRIDIS;

EID: 0032773631     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)76922-5     Document Type: Article

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