The lamellar spacing in self-assembling bacteriochlorophyll aggregates is proportional to the length of the esterifying alcohol

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-219

  Pšenčík, Jakub ^a,b   Torkkeli, Mika ^c   Zupčanová, Anita ^b,d   Vácha, František ^b,d   Serimaa, Ritva E ^c   Tuma, Roman ^e  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Bacteriochlorophyll; Bacteriochlorophyllide; Chlorosome; Green photosynthetic bacteria; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; HEXANE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROBIUM; ESTERIFICATION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; X RAY;

ALCOHOLS; ANISOTROPY; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CELLULAR STRUCTURES; CHLOROBIUM; ESTERIFICATION; HEXANES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 77953651611     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-010-9541-0     Document Type: Article

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