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Femtosecond Studies of the Reaction Center of Rhodopseudomonas viridis: The Very First Dynamics of the Electron-Transfer Processes

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Antennas and Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Bacteria

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The X-ray structure analysis of crystals made up of reaction centers (RC) of Rhodopseudomonas viridis provides us with the information on the location and orientation of the various pigments in the protein matrix /1, 2/. After many years of speculation one is now in the position to predict unequivocally the path of the electron in the RC following the absorption of a photon by the special pair in the RC. This note is concerned with the time-dependence of the very first events.

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  1. Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-8000, München, Germany

    W. Zinth, M. C. Nuss, M. A. Franz & W. Kaiser

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, D-8033, Martinsried, Germany

    H. Michel

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  1. Sonderforschungsbereich 143, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, D-8046, Garching, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Maria Elisabeth Michel-Beyerle

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Zinth, W., Nuss, M.C., Franz, M.A., Kaiser, W., Michel, H. (1985). Femtosecond Studies of the Reaction Center of Rhodopseudomonas viridis: The Very First Dynamics of the Electron-Transfer Processes. In: Michel-Beyerle, M.E. (eds) Antennas and Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Bacteria. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 42. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82688-7_39

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