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Photobleaching Enables Super-resolution Imaging of the FtsZ Ring in the Cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus
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バクテリアの反応センターの特殊なペアの光誘導による持続的な構造的変容

N R Reddy, S V Kolaczkowski, G J Small

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |April 2, 1993
    PubMed
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    光の吸収だけでは,光合成反応センターの持続的な構造変化を引き起こします. この光変換は特殊なペアを変えます.

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