Electric field effects on the chlorophylls, pheophytins, and β-carotenes in the reaction center of photosystem II

Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 30, 2003, Pages 9205-9213

  Frese, Raoul N ^a   Germano, Marta ^a,b   De Weerd, Frank L ^a   Van Stokkum, Ivo H M ^a   Shkuropatov, Anatoli Ya ^c   Shuvalov, Vladimir A ^c   Van Gorkom, Hans J ^b   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^a   Dekker, Jan P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BACTERIOLOGY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

PHOTOSYSTEMS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

13 DEOXO 13 HYDROXYPHEOPHYTIN; BETA CAROTENE; CHLOROPHYLL; PHEOPHYTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENERGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM;

BETA CAROTENE; CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHEOPHYTINS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0042165044     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0273516     Document Type: Article

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