An ONIOM study of the QA site semiquinone in the Rhodobacter sphaeroides photosynthetic reaction centre

Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

Volumn 870, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 31-35

  Lin, Tzu Jen ^a   O'Malley, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density functional; Photosynthetic electron transport; Spin density distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949136005     PISSN: 01661280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2008.08.034     Document Type: Article

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