Use of single-molecule spectroscopy to tackle fundamental problems in biochemistry: Using studies on purple bacterial antenna complexes as an example

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 422, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-205

  Cogdell, Richard J ^a   Köhler, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antenna complex; Exciton; Light harvesting; Photosynthesis; Purple bacterium; Single molecule spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA COMPLEX; ANTENNA COMPLEXES; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; LIGHT HARVESTING; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; PURPLE BACTERIUM; SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION; SINGLE-MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE-MOLECULE TECHNIQUE; TRANSFER REACTION;

ANTENNAS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EXCITONS; HARVESTING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

MOLECULES;

COMPLEX FORMATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 70149090828     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20090674     Document Type: Review

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