B800→B850 energy transfer mechanism in bacterial LH2 complexes investigated by B800 pigment exchange

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2590-2596

  Herek, J L ^a   Fraser, N J ^b   Pullerits, T ^a   Martinsson, P ^a   Polivka T ^a   Scheer, H ^c   Cogdell, R J ^b   Sundstrom V ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; PIGMENT; B800 850 LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX, BACTERIA; B800-850 LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX, BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0033624917     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76803-2     Document Type: Article

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