Analysis of the disk-to-disk energy transfer processes in C-phycocyanin complexes by computer simulation technique

Photosynthetica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 251-257

  Xie, Jie ^a   Zhao, Jing Quan ^a   Peng, Chenghang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Allophycocyanin; Dynamics; Kinetics; Model; Phycobilisome

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0036035715     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021353926065     Document Type: Article

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