Excitation energy pathways in the photosynthetic units of reaction center LM- and H-subunit deletion mutants of Rhodospirillum rubrum

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-151

  Amarie, Sergiu ^a   Lupo, Domenico ^b   Lenz, Martin O ^a   Saegesser, Rudolf ^b   Ghosh, Robin ^b   Wachtveitl, Josef ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial photosynthesis; Bacteriochlorophyll; Excitation energy transfer; Spirilloxanthin; Transient absorption

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RHODOVIOLASCIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; KINETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE DELETION; KINETICS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUTANT PROTEINS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 77952094524     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9520-5     Document Type: Article

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