The Fe2+ site of photosynthetic reaction centers probed by multiple scattering X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy: Improving structure resolution in dry matrices

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 814-822

  Veronesi, Giulia ^a,b   Giachini, Lisa ^a,e   Francia, Francesco ^a   Mallardi, Antonia ^c   Palazzo, Gerardo ^d   Boscherini, Federico ^a,b   Venturoli, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario Per le Scienze Fisiche Della Materia ^*  (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IRON; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 47749135218     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.132654     Document Type: Article

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