A femtosecond visible/visible and visible/mid-infrared transient absorption study of the light harvesting complex II

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3215-3223

  Stahl, Andreas D ^a   Di Donato, Mariangela ^a   Van Stokkum, Ivo ^a   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^a   Groot, Marie Louise ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 73449108432     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.09.037     Document Type: Article

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