Modeling of reversible charge separation in reaction centers of photosynthesis: An incoherent approach

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 343, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-101

  Yakovlev, A G ^a   Shuvalov, V A ^a,b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Charge separation; Electron transfer; Photosynthesis; Reaction center

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOPHEOPHYTIN;

BACTERIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SEPARATION;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BIOSEPARATION; CHARGE SEPARATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; OSCILLATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ABSORBANCE CHANGE (LIGHT MINUS DARK); B(A); BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOPHEOPHYTIN IN A-BRANCH; BCHL; BCHL MOLECULES CONSTITUTING P; CHARGE SEPARATION; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ET; H(A); MONOMERIC BCHL IN A-BRANCH; P; P(A) AND P(B); PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY ELECTRON DONOR, BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL DIMER; PRIMARY QUINONE; Q(A); RBA.; RC; REACTION CENTER; RHODOBACTER; ΔA;

ELECTRONS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84890321316     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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