Water, water everywhere, and its remarkable chemistry

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1655, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 123-132

  Barber, Jim ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Babcock; Electron paramagnetic resonance; EPR; Hydrogen abstraction model; Photosynthesis; Photosystem II; PSII; Water oxidation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; MANGANESE; OXYGEN; PIGMENT; TYROSINE; WATER;

ATMOSPHERE; ATOM; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENERGY; LIGHT; MOLECULE; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MANGANESE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; TYROSINE; WATER;

EID: 1942440442     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2003.10.011     Document Type: Review

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