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General references on structure and function of chlorophylls and chlorophyll proteins

Original papers

  1. Bellacchio, E. and Sauer, K. (1999) Temperature dependence of optical spectra of bacteriochlorophyll a in solution and in low­temperature glasses. J. Phys. Chem. B103, 2279-2290.
  2. Bourque, H., Taleb, T. and Leblanc, R.M. (1999) Direct observation of chlorophyll a dimer. Chem. Phys. Lett. 302, 187-191.
  3. Hartwich, G., Fiedor, L., Simonin, I., Cmiel, E., Schäfer, W., Noy, D., Scherz, A. and Scheer, H. (1998) Metal­substituted bacteriochlorophylls. 1. Preparation and influence of metal and coordination on spectra. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, 3675-3683.
  4. Noy, D., Fiedor, L., Hartwich, G., Scheer, H. and Scherz, A. (1998) Metal­substituted bacteriochlorophylls. 2. Changes in redox potentials and electronic transition energies are dominated by intramolecular electrostatic interactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, 3684-3693.
  5. O'Malley, P.J. (1999) The electronic structure of the bacteriopheophytin a anion radical, in vivo. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121, 3185-3192. Computation
  6. Pieper, J., Voigt, J. and Small, G.J. (1999) Chlorophyll a Franck-Condon factors and excitation energy transfer. J. Phys. Chem. B103, 2319-2322.
  7. Sashima, T., Abe, M., Kurano, N., Miyachi, S. and Koyama, Y. (1998) Changes in the carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen bond orders in the macrocycle of chlorophyll a upon singlet and triplet excitation as probed by resonance Raman spectroscopy of natural­abundance and singly and doubly labeled species with 15N, 13C, and 2H isotopes. J. Phys. Chem. B102, 6903-6914.
  8. Sumi, H. (1999) Theory on rates of excitation­energy transfer between molecular aggregates through distributed transition dipoles with application to the antenna system in bacterial photosynthesis. J. Phys. Chem. B103, 252-260. Computation
  9. Sundholm, D. (1999) Density functional theory calculations of the visible spectrum of chlorophyll a. Chem. Phys. Lett. 302, 480-484. Computation

Reviews

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Books

  1. Amesz, J., Ed. (1987) Photosynthesis. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
  2. Amesz, J., Hoff, A.J. and van Gorkum, H.J., Eds. (1986) Current Topics in Photosynthesis (Dedicated to Professor L.N.M. Duysens). Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht.
  3. Baltscheffsky, M., Ed. (1990) Current Research in Photosynthesis, vols. I-IV. Proceedings of the VIIIth International Congress on Photosynthesis, Sweden, August 6-11, 1989. Kluwer, Dordrecht.
  4. Biggins, J., Ed. (1986) Progress in Photosynthesis Research, vols. I-IV. Proceedings of the VIIth International Congress on Photosynthesis, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, August 10-15, 1986. Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht.
  5. Dailey, H.A., Ed. (1990) Biosynthesis of Heme and Chlorophylls. McGraw­Hill, New York.
  6. Deisenhofer, J. and Norris, J.R., Eds. (1993) The Photosynthetic Reaction Center, vols. I and II. Academic Press, San Diego.
  7. Forti, G., Avron, M. and Melandri, A., Eds. (1972) Photosynthesis, Two Centuries after its Discovery by Joseph Priestley. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Photosynthesis Research, Stresa, Italy, June 24-29, 1971. Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht.
    1. Primary Reactions and Electron Transport.
    2. Ion Transport and Photophosphorylation.
    3. Photosynthesis and Evolution.
  8. Govindjee (Series Ed.) Advances in Photosynthesis. Kluwer, Dordrecht.
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    2. Blankenship, R.E., Madigan, M.T. and Bauer, C.E., Eds. (1995) Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria.
    3. Amesz, J. and Hoff, A.J., Eds. (1996) Biophysical Techniques in Photosynthesis.
    4. Ort, D.R. and Yocum, C.F., Eds. (1996) Oxygenic Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions.
    5. Baker, N.R., Ed. (1996) Photosynthesis and the Environment.
    6. Siegenthaler, P.­A. and Murata, N., Eds. (1998) Lipids in Photosynthesis: Structure, Function and Genetics.
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  16. Marcelle, R., Ed. (1975) Environmental and Biological Control of Photosynthesis. Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht.
  17. Marcelle, R., Clijsters, H. and van Poucke, M., Eds. (1983) Effects of Stress on Photosynthesis. Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht.
  18. Marcelle, R., Clijsters, H. and van Poucke, M., Eds. (1986) Biological Control of Photosynthesis. Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht.
  19. Mathis, P., Ed. (1996) Photosynthesis: From Light to Biosphere, vols. 1-5. Proceedings of the Xth International Congress on Photosynthesis, Montpellier, France, August 20-25, 1995. Kluwer, Dordrecht.
  20. Murata, N., Ed. (1993) Research in Photosynthesis, vols. 1-4. Proceedings of the IXth International Congress on Photosynthesis, Nagoya, Japan, August 30-September 4, 1992. Kluwer, Dordrecht.
  21. Nasyrov, Yu.S. and Sesták, Z., Eds. (1975) Genetic Aspects of Photosynthesis. Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht.
  22. Sesták, Z. and Catský, J., Eds. (1974-1985) Photosynthesis Bibliography, vols. 1-13. Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht.
  23. Sironval, C. and Brouers, M., Eds. (1984) Protochlorophyllide Reduction and Greening. Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht.
  24. Sybesma, C., Ed. (1984) Advances in Photosynthesis Research, vols. 1-4. Proceedings of the VIth International Congress on Photosynthesis, August 1-6, 1983, Brussels, Belgium. Martinus Nijhoff / Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht.
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Nobel Prizes

  1. Fischer, H. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1930 "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin".
  2. Willstätter, R.M. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1915 "for his researches on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll".
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