Bacteriochlorophyll e monomers, but not aggregates, sensitize singlet oxygen: Implications for a self-photoprotection mechanism in chlorosomes

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 373-380

  Arellano, Juan B ^a,b   Melø, Thor Bernt ^a   Borrego, Carles M ^c   Naqvi, K Razi ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID; GALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL; HEXANOL; MONOMER; SINGLET OXYGEN; TRITON X 100; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL E;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM PHAEOBACTEROIDES; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; QUANTUM YIELD; SENSITIZATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROBI; METABOLISM; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM PHAEOBACTEROIDES; PHOTOBACTERIA;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CHLOROBI; ORGANELLES; SINGLET OXYGEN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041883493     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)076<0373:BEMBNA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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