Light-Harvesting Complex: Rings of light

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  • C. N. Hunter
چکیده

The atomic structure of the bacterial light-harvesting complex helps to explain how the energy of sunlight is efficiently absorbed and transferred between bacteriochlorophyll molecules towards the reaction centre.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current Biology

دوره 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1995