Carotenoid-bacteriochlorophyll energy transfer in LH2 complexes studied with 10-fs time resolution

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2486-2497

  Polli, Dario ^a   Cerullo, Giulio ^a   Lanzani, Guglielmo ^a   De Silvestri, Sandro ^a   Hashimoto, Hideki ^b   Cogdell, Richard J ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID; GLUCOSIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHROMATIUM; CHROMATOPHORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVALUATION; EXCITATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION; VIBRATION SENSE;

CHROMATIUM; MARICHROMATIUM PURPURATUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS;

EID: 33646203121     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.069286     Document Type: Article

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