Electronic excited states and excitation transfer kinetics in the Fenna- Matthews-Olson protein of the photosynthetic bacterium Prosthecochloris aestuarii at low temperatures

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-253

  Iseri, Erkut Inan ^a   Gülen, Demet ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Absorption difference spectra; Excitons; Fenna Matthews Olson protein; Optical steady state spectra; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PROSTHECOCHLORIS AESTUARII; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0345620902     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050205     Document Type: Article

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