Nanosecond laser photolysis studies of chlorosomes and artificial aggregates containing bacteriochlorophyll e: Evidence for the proximity of carotenoids and bacteriochlorophyll a in chlorosomes from Chlorobium phaeobacteroides strain CL1401

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 669-675

  Arellano, Juan B ^a,b,c   Melø, Thor Bernt ^a   Borrego, Carles M ^b   Garcia Gil, Jesús ^b   Naqvi, K Razi ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYBIPHENYL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; CAROTENOID; GALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLOROBIUM; LASER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROBI; LASERS; ORGANELLES; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM PHAEOBACTEROIDES; MUS;

EID: 0034335316     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0669:NLPSOC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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