Application of time-resolved polarization fluorescence spectroscopy in the femtosecond range to photosynthetic systems

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 163-170

  Akimoto, Seiji ^a   Mimuro, Mamoru ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; SIPHONAXANTHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANISOTROPY; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY TRANSFER; GREEN ALGA; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TIME;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANISOTROPY; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LUTEIN; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANTS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CODIUM FRAGILE;

EID: 34247844571     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2006-02-28-IR-825     Document Type: Conference Paper

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