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Biophysical Techniques in Photosynthesis


Edited by Jan Amesz & Arnold J. Hoff

Department of Biophysics
Huygens Laboratory, University of Leiden
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands


Advances in Photosynthesis 3

Written by prominent specialists in the field, Biophysical Techniques in Photosynthesis provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the various techniques that have proved to be of great importance in studying the mechanism of both oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis. Each chapter discusses the basic concepts of a technique, practical applications and some of the scientific results. The first section concerns optical techniques, the second magnetic resonance, whereas the third is mainly devoted to various techniques that provide information on the structure of the photosynthetic apparatus, such as X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption and electron microscopy.

Contents and Contributors

Preface

Part One: Optical Methods

1. Developments in Classical Optical Spectroscopy
Jan Amesz

2. Linear and Circular Dichroism
Gyozo Garab

3. Fluorescence
Kenneth Sauer and Martin Debreczeny

4. Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Photosynthetic Systems
Ralph Jimenez and Graham R. Fleming

5. Data Analysis of Time-Resolved Measurements
Alfred R. Holzwarth

6. Photosynthetic Thermoluminescence as a Simple Probe of Photosystem II Electron Transport
Yorinao Inoue

7. Accumulated Photon Echo Measurements of Excited State Dynamics in Pigment-Protein Complexes
Thijs J. Aartsma, Robert J.W. Louwe and Peter Schellenberg

8. Spectral Hole Burning: Methods and Applications to Photosynthesis
N. Raja S. Reddy and Gerald J. Small

9. Infrared and Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Werner Mäntele

10. Resonance Raman Studies in Photosynthesis--Chlorophyll and Carotenoid Molecules
Bruno Robert

11. Stark Spectroscopy of Photosynthetic Systems
Steven G. Boxer

12. The Photoacoustic Method in Photosynthesis--Monitoring and Analysis of Phenomena Which Lead to Pressure Changes Following Light Excitation
Shmuel Malkin

Part Two: Magnetic Resonance

13. Magnetic Resonance: An Introduction
Arnold J. Hoff

14. Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy--Principles and Application
Haim Levanon

15. Electron Spin Echo Methods in Photosynthesis Research
R. David Britt

16. ENDOR Spectroscopy
Wolfgang Lubitz and Friedhelm Leendzian

17. Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance (ODMR) of Triplet States in Photosynthesis
Arnold J. Hoff

18. Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Photosynthetic Components
Huub J.M. de Groot

Part Three: Structure and Oxygen

19. Structure Determination of Proteins by X-Ray Diffraction
Marianne Schiffer

20. Electron Microscopy
Ebgbert J. Boekema and Matthias Rögner

21. X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy: Determination of Transition Metal Site Structures in Photosynthesis
Vittal K. Yachandra and Melvin P. Klein

22. Mössbauer Spectroscopy
Peter G. Debrunner

23. Characterization of Photosynthetic Supramolecular Assemblies Using Small Angle Neutron Scattering
David M. Tiede and P. Thiyagarajan

24. Measurement of Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution
Hans J. van Gorkom and Peter Gast

Index


Kluwer Academic Publishers
1996, 426 pp.
Hardbound USD 259.00/Dfl 355.00/GBP 159.00 // ISBN 0-7923-3642-9

Volume 3 in the series: Advances in Photosynthesis, Govindjee, series editor.

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