Monitoring photosynthesis in individual cells of synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 on a picosecond timescale

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2006-2015

  Krumova, S B ^a   Laptenok, S P ^a,c   Borst, J W ^a,c   Ughy, B ^a,b   Gombos, Z ^e   Ajlani, G ^d   Van Amerongen, H ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 77957374872     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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