A bioinspired redox relay that mimics radical interactions of the Tyr-His pairs of photosystem II

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 423-428

  Megiatto Jr , Jackson D ^a,d   Méndez Hernández, Dalvin D ^a   Tejeda Ferrari, Marely E ^a   Teillout, Anne Lucie ^a,c   Llansola Portolés, Manuel J ^a   Kodis, Gerdenis ^a   Poluektov, Oleg G ^b   Rajh, Tijana ^b   Mujica, Vladimiro ^a   Groy, Thomas L ^a   Gust, Devens ^a   Moore, Thomas A ^a   Moore, Ana L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 84899082031     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem1862     Document Type: Article

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