Nonequilibrium heating in LHCII complexes monitored by ultrafast absorbance transients

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 31, 2006, Pages 9559-9565

  Gulbinas, Vidmantas ^a   Karpicz, Renata ^a   Garab, Gyözö ^b   Valkunas, Leonas ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; EXCITONS; HEAT TRANSFER; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EXCITON-EXCITON ANNIHILATION; LHCII COMPLEXES; NONEQUILIBRIUM HEATING; ULTRAFAST ABSORBANCE TRANSIENTS;

HEATING;

CHLOROPHYLL A; SOLVENT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ENERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

COLD; HEATING; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33747097834     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi060048a     Document Type: Article

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