Spectroscopic properties of reaction center pigments in photosystem II core complexes: Revision of the multimer model

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-119

  Raszewski, Grzegorz ^a   Diner, Bruce A ^b   Schlodder, Eberhard ^c   Renger, Thomas ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 40549136513     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.123935     Document Type: Article

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