Fluorescence spectroscopy of conformational changes of single LH2 complexes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 422-435

  Rutkauskas, Danielis ^a   Novoderezhkin, Vladimir ^b   Cogdell, Richard J ^c   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 11244305406     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.048629     Document Type: Article

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