Low-intensity pump-probe measurements on the B800 band of Rhodospirillum molischianum

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 440-449

  Wendling, Markus ^a   Van Mourik, Frank ^b   Van Stokkum, Ivo H M ^a   Salverda, Jante M ^a   Michel, Hartmut ^c   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; LIGHT; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PUMP; RHODOSPIRILLUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM MOLISCHIANUM;

PHAEOSPIRILLUM MOLISCHIANUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM MOLISCHIANUM;

EID: 12244263443     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74864-4     Document Type: Article

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