Cryoprotectant-induced quenching of chlorophyll a fluorescence from light-harvesting complex 2 in vitro: Time-resolved fluorescence and steady state spectroscopic studies

Photosynthetica

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 553-561

  Vasil'ev, S ^a   Schrotter T ^b   Bergmann, A ^c   Irrgang, K D ^c   Eichler, H J ^c   Renger, G ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Dimethylsulfoxide; Ethylene glycol; Glycerol; Photosystem 2; Polyalcohols; Triton X 100

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343143115     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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