Band structure and local dynamics of excitons in bacterial light-harvesting complexes revealed by spectrally selective spectroscopy

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 37-48

  Rätsep, Margus ^a   Hunter, C Neil ^b   Olsen, John D ^b   Freiberg, Arvi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial photosynthesis; Bacteriochlorophyll; Excitons; Hole burning and fluorescence line narrowing spectroscopy; Light harvesting

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MUTATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTROSCOPY;

LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 25444447340     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-005-2749-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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