Construction of hybrid photosynthetic units using peripheral and core antennae from two different species of photosynthetic bacteria: Detection of the energy transfer from bacteriochlorophyll a in LH2 to bacteriochlorophyll b in LH1

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 327-337

  Fujii, Ritsuko ^a   Shimonaka, Shozo ^a   Uchida, Naoko ^a   Gardiner, Alastair T ^b   Cogdell, Richard J ^b   Sugisaki, Mitsuru ^a   Hashimoto, Hideki ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll b; Energy transfer from LH2 to LH1; Fluorescence; Fluorescence excitation; Lipid bilayer; Photosynthetic bacteria; Reconstituted membrane

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL B;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOCHLORIS VIRIDIS; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS;

EID: 37749010414     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-007-9260-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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