Single-Molecule Spectroscopy Selectively Probes Donor and Acceptor Chromophores in the Phycobiliprotein Allophycocyanin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2598-2608

  Loos, Davey ^a   Cotlet, Mircea ^a   De Schryver, Frans ^a   Habuchi, Satoshi ^a   Hofkens, Johan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PHYCOCYANIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 16644376290     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.046219     Document Type: Article

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