Electron donors and acceptors in the initial steps of photosynthesis in purple bacteria: A personal account

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 81-92

  Parson, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll; Britton Chance; Cytochrome oxidation; Don DeVault; Electron transfer; Kinetics; Lasers; Louis N.M. Duysens; Photosynthesis; Reaction center; Roderick Clayton; William Parson

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0042360200     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024983926707     Document Type: Short Survey

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