Comparative study of spectral flexibilities of bacterial light-harvesting complexes: Structural implications

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2463-2474

  Rutkauskas, Danielis ^a   Olsen, John ^b   Gall, Andrew ^c   Cogdell, Richard J ^c   Hunter, C Neil ^b   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; RHODOSPIRILLUM; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECTRUM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHAEOSPIRILLUM MOLISCHIANUM; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; RHODOSPIRILLUM;

EID: 33646204174     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.075895     Document Type: Article

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