Rate of carotenoid triplet formation in solubilized light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) from spinach

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3143-3153

  Schödel, René ^a   Irrgang, Klaus D ^b   Voigt, Joachim ^a   Renger, Gernot ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPINACH;

MUS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0039530612     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77756-2     Document Type: Article

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