Mixed exciton-charge-transfer states in photosystem II: Stark spectroscopy on site-directed mutants

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-194

  Romero, Elisabet ^a   Diner, Bruce A ^b   Nixon, Peter J ^c   Coleman, Wiliam J ^b   Dekker, Jan P ^a   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PHOTOSYSTEM II; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

ABSORPTION; CHLOROPHYLL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 84864774497     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.06.026     Document Type: Article

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