The structure-function relationships of photosynthetic reaction centers

Comprehensive Biophysics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages 115-144

  Heathcote, P ^a,b   Jones, M R ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Electron microscopy; Electron nuclear double resonance; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Electron spin echo envelope modulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882791227     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374920-8.00809-2     Document Type: Chapter

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