Effect of protein aggregation on the spectroscopic properties and excited state kinetics of the LHCII pigment-protein complex from green plants

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 259-276

  Magdaong, Nikki M ^a   Enriquez, Miriam M ^a   Lafountain, Amy M ^a   Rafka, Lauren ^a   Frank, Harry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; Fluorescence quenching; Light harvesting; Photosynthesis; Pigment protein complex

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPINACH;

CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84892687857     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-013-9924-0     Document Type: Article

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