Energy trapping and detrapping in reaction center mutants from Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3240-3251

  Katiliene, Zivile ^a   Katilius, Evaldas ^a   Woodbury, Neal W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SURFACE CHARGE; TEMPERATURE;

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

EID: 0037960390     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)70048-4     Document Type: Article

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