Stark spectroscopy of the light-harvesting complex II in different oligomerisation states

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1605, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 83-95

  Palacios, Miguel A ^a   Frese, Raoul N ^a   Gradinaru, Claudiu C ^a,b   Van Stokkum, I H M ^a   Premvardhan, Lavanya L ^a   Horton, Peter ^c   Ruban, Alexander V ^c,d   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^a   Van Amerongen, Herbert ^a,e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Charge transfer state; LHCII; Lutein; Neoxanthin; Stark; Xanthophyll

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; NEOXANTHIN; OLIGOMER; XANTHOPHYLL;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHOTOSYSTEM II; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0042266272     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2728(03)00080-X     Document Type: Article

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