Cofactor-specific photochemical function resolved by ultrafast spectroscopy in photosynthetic reaction center crystals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4851-4856

  Huang, Libai ^a   Ponomarenko, Nina ^b   Wiederrecht, Gary P ^b   Tiede, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Light harvesting; Photosynthesis; Transient absorption

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; BACTERIOPHEOPHYTIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; COENZYMES; CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 84859475137     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1116862109     Document Type: Article

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