Unraveling the electronic structure of individual photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5426, 1999, Pages 400-402

  Van Oijen, Antoine M ^a   Ketelaars, Martijn ^a   Köhler, Jürgen ^a,b   Aartsma, Thijs J ^a   Schmidt, Jan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0033575392     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5426.400     Document Type: Article

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20. The authors thank J. P. Abrahams (Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands), J. Knoester (Groningen University, Groningen, Netherlands), and J. H. van der Waals (Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands) for many helpful discussions. We also thank D. de Wit for the preparation of the LH2 complexes and M. Hesselberth for assistance with the spin coating. This work is supported by the Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM) with financial aid from the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO). J.K. is a Heisenberg fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.