Femtosecond kinetics of photoconversion of the higher plant photoreceptor phytochrome carrying native and modified chromophores

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4370-4382

  Müller, Marc G ^a   Lindner, Ingo ^a   Martin, Iris ^a   Gärtner, Wolfgang ^a   Holzwarth, Alfred R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOCHROME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 44849105177     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.091652     Document Type: Article

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