On the regulation of photosynthesis by excitonic interactions between carotenoids and chlorophylls

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 12311-12316

  Bode, Stefan ^a   Quentmeier, Claudia C ^a   Liao, Pen Nan ^a   Hafi, Nour ^a   Barros, Tiago ^b   Wilk, Laura ^b   Bittner, Florian ^a   Walla, Peter J ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; LHCII; NPQ; Two photon excitation

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZEAXANTHIN;

ABSORPTION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY YIELD; ILLUMINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ZEA;

EID: 68149114446     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903536106     Document Type: Article

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