Electron transfer kinetics in photosynthetic reaction centers embedded in trehalose glasses: Trapping of conformational substates at room temperature

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 558-568

  Palazzo, Gerardo ^a,b   Mallardi, Antonia ^c   Hochkoeppler, Alejandro ^d   Cordone, Lorenzo ^e,f   Venturoli, Giovanni ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e INFM   (Italy)

^f Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche ed Astronomiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TREHALOSE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REHYDRATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0036156512     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75421-0     Document Type: Article

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