Spectroscopy of proteins at low temperature. Part I: Experiments with molecular ensembles

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 262-292

  Berlin, Yuri ^a   Burin, Alexander ^b   Friedrich, Josef ^c   Köhler, Jürgen ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Biomolecular aggregates; Chromophore protein interactions; Conformational substates; Energy landscape; Excitons in biomolecules; Hole burning; LH2; Pressure tuning; Protein spectroscopy; Single molecule spectroscopy; Spectral diffusion; Stark effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751232637     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2006.09.001     Document Type: Review

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