Visualization of excitonic structure in the Fenna-Matthews-Olson photosynthetic complex by polarization-dependent two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 847-856

  Read, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Schlau Cohen, Gabriela S ^a,b   Engel, Gregory S ^a,b,d   Wen, Jianzhong ^c   Blankenship, Robert E ^c   Fleming, Graham R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FMO BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; LIGHT; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONS; LIGHT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 47749129201     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.128199     Document Type: Article

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