Electrostatics and proton transfer in photosynthetic water oxidation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1426, 2002, Pages 1407-1418

  Junge, Wolfgang ^a   Haumann, Michael ^a   Ahlbrink, Ralf ^a   Mulkidjanian, Armen ^a   Clausen, Jürgen ^a   Tommos, C ^a   Styring, S ^a   Rich, P ^a   Diner, B ^a   Zhang, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrochromism; Electron transfer; Photosystem II; Proton release; Water oxidation

Indexed keywords

OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER;

EID: 18644364719     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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