Photosynthetic vesicle architecture and constraints on efficient energy harvesting

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-75

  Şener, Melih ^a   Strümpfer, Johan ^a   Timney, John A ^b   Freiberg, Arvi ^c   Hunter, C Neil ^b   Schulten, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM;

ABSORPTION; ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORES; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954374889     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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