Structural factors which control the position of the Qy absorption band of bacteriochlorophyll a in purple bacterial antenna complexes

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-141

  Cogdell, R J ^a   Howard, T D ^a   Isaacs, N W ^a   McLuskey, K ^a,b   Gardiner, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b 4University of Dundee ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll; Light harvesting complexes; Purple photosynthetic bacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036443536     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020995224156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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