Mixing of exciton and charge-transfer states in photosystem II reaction centers: Modeling of stark spectra with modified redfield theory

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1293-1311

  Novoderezhkin, Vladimir I ^a   Dekker, Jan P ^b   Van Grondelley, Rienk ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; CHLOROPHYLL; PHEOPHYTIN;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIPOLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; LINEAR DICHROISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PARAMETER; PHOTOSYSTEM II; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM; STEADY STATE; THEORY;

EID: 34548210433     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.096867     Document Type: Article

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