Spectroscopy on the B850 band of individual light-harvesting 2 complexes of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila I. Experiments and monte carlo simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1591-1603

  Ketelaars, M ^a   Van Oijen, A M ^a   Matsushita, M ^a   Kohler J ^b   Schmldt, J ^a   Aartsma, T J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS ACIDOPHILA;

EID: 0035129558     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76132-2     Document Type: Article

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