NDRL Radiation Chemistry Data Center Recent Papers in Radiation and Photochemistry 12/10/97 # 97_41

Kinetics	Optical Spectra	Thermodynamics
ESR Studies	Excited States	Photochemistry
Radiation Chemistry	Related Experimental Studies	Multiphase Systems
Polymers	Biological and Medical Aspects	Solar Energy
Industrial and Environmental Applications	Theoretical Studies	Reviews

Kinetics

Systematic electrochemical synthesis of reduced forms of the [alpha]-[S₂Mo₁₈O₆₂]^4- anion.
Way, D.M., Cooper, J.B., Sadek, M., Vu, T., Mahon, P.J., Bond, A.M., Brownlee, R.T.C., Wedd, A.G., Inorg. Chem. 36(19): 4227-33 (1997).

Photoinduced electron transfer in isolated, jet-cooled molecular systems.
Brenner, V., Millie, P., Piuzzi, F., Tramer, A., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(18): 3277-87 (1997).

Mapping electron transfer pathways in a chromophore-quencher triad.
Treadway, J.A., Chen, P.Y., Rutherford, T.J., Keene, F.R., Meyer, T.J., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6824-6 (1997).

High magnetic field and magnetic isotope effects on lifetimes of triplet biradicals consisting of two equivalent benzophenone ketyls linked by methylene chains.
Fujiwara, Y., Aoki, T., Haino, T., Fukazawa, Y., Tanimoto, Y., Nakagaki, R., Takahira, O., Okazaki, M., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6842-9 (1997).

Generation and decay of aryl sulfinyl and sulfenyl radicals: A transient absorption and computational study.
Darmanyan, A.P., Gregory, D.D., Guo, Y.S., Jenks, W.S., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6855-63 (1997).

Model-independent analysis of pyrene photokinetics in SDS micelles.
Villegas, M.M., Neal, S.L., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6890-6 (1997).

Optical Spectra

The excitation energy dependence of the Raman-Stokes shift: The resonance Raman spectra of phenol blue in methanol.
Yamaguchi, T., Kimura, Y., Hirota, N., J. Chem. Phys. 107(11): 4436-8 (1997).

Photophysics of 6,11-dihydroxynaphthacene-5,12-dione in different organic solvents.
Rath, M.C., Mukherjee, T., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(18): 3331-6 (1997).

Surface-enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopic identification of chlorophyll a allomers.
Woolley, P.S., Keely, B.J., Hester, R.E., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (9): 1731-4 (1997).

Fluorescent chemosensor for organic guests and copper(II) ion based on dansyldiethylenetriamine-modified [beta]-cyclodextrin.
Corradini, R., Dossena, A., Galaverna, G., Marchelli, R., Panagia, A., Sartor, G., J. Org. Chem. 62(18): 6283-9 (1997).

Thermodynamics

Combination of pressure and temperature dependent measurements: A simple access to intrinsic thermal activation energies.
Rettig, W., Fritz, R., Braun, D., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6830-5 (1997).

ESR Studies

Electron paramagnetic resonance and mutational analyses revealed the involvement of photosystem II-L subunit in the oxidation step of Tyr- Z by P₆₈₀⁺ to form the Tyr-Z⁺P₆₈₀Pheo^- state in photosystem II.
Hoshida, H., Sugiyama, R., Nakano, Y., Shiina, T., Toyoshima, Y., Biochemistry 36(40): 12053-61 (1997).

Proximity of acetate, manganese, and exchangeable deuterons to tyrosine Y_Z• in acetate-inhibited photosystem II membranes: Implications for the direct involvement of Y_Z• in water-splitting.
Force, D.A., Randall, D.W., Britt, R.D., Biochemistry 36(40): 12062-70 (1997).

Nitric oxide formation from hydroxylamine by myoglobin and hydrogen peroxide.
Taira, J., Misik, V., Riesz, P., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1336(3): 502-8 (1997).

Electronic structure of the neutral tyrosine radical in frozen solution. Selective ²H-, ¹³C-, and ¹⁷O-isotope labeling and EPR spectroscopy at 9 and 35 GHz.
Hulsebosch, R.J., van den Brink, J.S., Nieuwenhuis, S.A.M., Gast, P., Raap, J., Lugtenburg, J., Hoff, A.J., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(37): 8685-94 (1997).

EPR spectra from ''EPR-silent'' species: High-field EPR spectroscopy of manganese(III) porphyrins.
Goldberg, D.P., Telser, J., Krzystek, J., Montalban, A.G., Brunel, L.C., Barrett, A.G.M., Hoffman, B.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(37): 8722-3 (1997).

Photolysis of (C₅₉N)₂ studied by time-resolved EPR.
Gruss, A., Dinse, K.-P., Hirsch, A., Nuber, B., Reuther, U., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(37): 8728-9 (1997).

Moessbauer and EPR evidence for an all-ferrous Fe₄S₄ cluster with S = 4 in the Fe protein of nitrogenase.
Angove, H.C., Yoo, S.J., Burgess, B.K., Munck, E., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(37): 8730-1 (1997).

A time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance study of excited triplet porphyrins in fluid solution.
Fujisawa, J., Ohba, Y., Yamauchi, S., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(37): 8736-7 (1997).

Spectroscopic evidence for a radical cation as intermediate in a model reaction of the 4'-DNA radical strand cleavage.
Gugger, A., Batra, R., Rzadek, P., Rist, G., Giese, B., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(37): 8740-1 (1997).

Synthesis of two novel para-extended bisaroxyls and characterization of their triplet spin states.
Rebmann, A., Zhou, J.K., Schuler, P., Rieker, A., Stegmann, H.B., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (9): 1615-7 (1997).

Effects of Lewis acid on the sign of exchange interaction of photogenerated radical ion pairs.
Sekiguchi, S., Akiyama, K., Tero-Kubota, S., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (9): 1619-20 (1997).

EPR spectra and structure of the radical cations of fluorinated benzenes.
Hasegawa, A., Itagaki, Y., Shiotani, M., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (9): 1625-31 (1997).

Generation of acyloxyl spin adducts from N-tert-butyl-[alpha]-phenylnitrone (PBN) and 4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethylpyrrole 1-oxide (DMPO) via nonconventional mechanisms.
Eberson, L., Persson, O., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (9): 1689-96 (1997).

Mechanism of free radical oxidation of caffeine in aqueous solution.
Telo, J.P., Vieira, A.J.S.C., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (9): 1755-7 (1997).

5-(Diethoxyphosphorylmethyl)-5-methyl-4,5-dihydro-3H-pyrrole N-oxide: synthesis and evaluation of spin trapping properties.
Roubaud, V., Mercier, A., Olive, G., Le Moigne, F., Tordo, P., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (9): 1827-30 (1997).

Reactions between Grignard reagents and thiocarbonyl compounds: A revisitation.
Alberti, A., Benaglia, M., Macciantelli, D., Marcaccio, M., Olmeda, A., Pedulli, G.F., Roffia, S., J. Org. Chem. 62(18): 6309-15 (1997).

Asymmetrically distorted structure, selective bond length alternation, and reactions of radical cations of silacyclohexanes: An ESR and ab-initio MO study.
Komaguchi, K., Shiotani, M., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6983-90 (1997).

Excited States

Highly efficient electrochemical generation of fluorescent intramolecular charge-transfer states.
Kapturkiewicz, A., Herbich, J., Nowacki, J., Chem. Phys. Lett. 275(3-4): 355-62 (1997).

Wavepacket motion and ultrafast electron transfer in the system oxazine 1 in N,N-dimethylaniline.
Seel, M., Engleitner, S., Zinth, W., Chem. Phys. Lett. 275(3-4): 363-9 (1997).

Solvent dependence of (sub)picosecond proton transfer in photo-excited [2,2'-bipyridyl]-3,3'-diol.
Marks, D., Zhang, H., Glasbeek, M., Borowicz, P., Grabowska, A., Chem. Phys. Lett. 275(3-4): 370-6 (1997).

Photoinduced electron transfer in ruthenium(II)-rhodium(III) terpyridine dyads.
Indelli, M.T., Scandola, F., Flamigni, L., Collin, J.P., Sauvage, J.P., Sour, A., Inorg. Chem. 36(19): 4247-50 (1997).

Cluster isolated chemical reactions: Reactivity of Ba atoms and small Ba clusters with SF₆ and CO₂ molecules on large argon clusters.
Gee, C., Gaveau, M.A., Sublemontier, O., Mestdagh, J.M., Visticot, J.P., J. Chem. Phys. 107(11): 4194-206 (1997).

Excited-state acidity of bifunctional compounds. 5. 5-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-phenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole and 3-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-5-phenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole.
Carvalho, C., Brinn, I., Baumann, W., Reis, H., Nagy, Z., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(18): 3325-9 (1997).

Solvent and substituent effects on the fluorescent properties of coelenteramide analogues.
Saito, R., Hirano, T., Niwa, H., Ohashi, M., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (9): 1711-6 (1997).

The synthesis and photophysical properties of polyether substituted phthalocyanines of potential use in photodynamic therapy.
Foley, S., Jones, G., Liuzzi, R., McGarvey, D.J., Perry, M.H., Truscott, T.G., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (9): 1725-30 (1997).

A novel bipyridine-based fluorescent host for diphenyl phosphate: affinity, photo-response and mechanism.
Mutai, T., Abe, Y., Araki, K., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (9): 1805-9 (1997).

Regioselectivity of oxetane formation in the photocycloaddition of lowest ³(n,[pi]*) state of carbonyl compounds: Interpretation using local softness.
Sengupta, D., Chandra, A.K., Nguyen, M.T., J. Org. Chem. 62(18): 6404-6 (1997).

Amide derivatives of DMABN: A new class of dual fluorescent compounds.
Braun, D., Rettig, W., Delmond, S., Letard, J.F., Lapouyade, R., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6836-41 (1997).

Photoinduced generation of long-lived proton transfer states: Photoinduced proton transfer from 2-(2',4'-dinitrobenzyl)pyridine to a proton cage, the [2.1.1] cryptand.
Kuldova, K., Corval, A., Trommsdorff, H.P., Lehn, J.M., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6850-4 (1997).

Optical and thermal electron transfer activation of dioxygen by viologen dithiolene metalates.
Ammon, U., Chiorboli, C., Dumler, W., Grampp, G., Scandola, F., Kisch, H., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6876-82 (1997).

Photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer in dichromophore-appended [alpha]-helical peptides: Spectroscopic properties and preferred conformations.
Knorr, A., Galoppini, E., Fox, M.A., J. Phys. Org. Chem. 10(7): 484-98 (1997).

Laser action in organic semiconductor waveguide and double-heterostructure devices.
Kozlov, V.G., Bulovic, V., Burrows, P.E., Forrest, S.R., Nature 389(6649): 362-4 (1997).

Photochemistry

Conversion of dinuclear, diamagnetic [Mo^V₂O₃(NCS)₈]^4- into mononuclear, paramagnetic [Mo^VO(NCS)₅]^2- through photolytic ligand redistribution.
Secrest, P.C., Geib, S.J., Cooper, N.J., Inorg. Chem. 36(19): 4182-6 (1997).

Photochemical P-450 oxygenation of cyclohexene with water sensitized by dihydroxy-coordinated (tetraphenylporphyrinato)antimony(V) hexafluorophosphate.
Takagi, S., Suzuki, M., Shiragami, T., Inoue, H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(37): 8712-3 (1997).

Photochemical reactions of alkoxy-containing alkyl phenylglyoxylates: remote hydrogen abstraction.
Hu, S.K., Neckers, D.C., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (9): 1751-4 (1997).

Compatibility of various carbanion nucleophiles with heteroaromatic nucleophilic substitution by the S_RN1 mechanism.
Wong, J.-W., Natalie, K.J., Jr., Nwokogu, G.C., Pisipati, J.S., Flaherty, P.T., Greenwood, T.D., Wolfe, J.F., J. Org. Chem. 62(18): 6152-9 (1997).

Solid state photochemical reaction of N-([alpha],[beta]-unsaturated carbonyl)benzoylformamides.
Sakamoto, M., Takahashi, M., Fujita, T., Watanabe, S., Nishio, T., Iida, I., Aoyama, H., J. Org. Chem. 62(18): 6298-308 (1997).

Photosensitive, bubble-free, bromate-1,4-cyclohexanedione oscillating reactions. Illumination control of pattern formation.
Kurin-Csorgei, K., Zhabotinsky, A.M., Orban, M., Epstein, I.R., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6827-9 (1997).

Reversible nanocontraction and dilatation in a solid induced by polarized light.
Krecmer, P., Moulin, A.M., Stephenson, R.J., Rayment, T., Welland, M.E., Elliott, S.R., Science (Washington, D. C.) 277(5333): 1799-802 (1997).

Isomerizations of C₈H₈⁺•: experiments and calculations in synergy.
Bally, T., Truttmann, L., Williams, F., THEOCHEM 398: 255-63 (1997).

Radiation Chemistry

Excited singlet-state yields in hydrocarbon liquids exposed to X-rays.
Holroyd, R.A., Preses, J.M., Hanson, J.C., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6931-5 (1997).

Experimental Studies on Related Topics

Ionization of CO molecule by electron impact.
Pal, S., Prakash, S., Kumar, S., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes 164(1-2): 13-7 (1997).

Surface ion association of the hexacyanoferrate(III)/(II) ion bound by 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(1-methyl-4-pyridyl)-21H,23H-porphine or 5,10,15,20-tetrakis[4-(trimethylammonio)phenyl]-21H,23H-porphine adsorbed on a graphite electrode.
Zhang, J.J., Lever, A.B.P., Pietro, W.J., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(18): 3355-62 (1997).

Synthesis, spectroscopy and electrochemistry of phthalocyanine derivatives functionalised with four and eight peripheral tetrathiafulvalene units.
Wang, C.S., Bryce, M.R., Batsanov, A.S., Stanley, C.F., Beeby, A., Howard, J.A.K., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (9): 1671-8 (1997).

Gas phase reactions of cysteine with charged electrophiles: Regioselectivities of the dimethylchlorinium ion and the methoxymethyl cation.
Freitas, M.A., O'Hair, R.A.J., Williams, T.D., J. Org. Chem. 62(18): 6112-20 (1997).

Generation of nitrile N-sulfide (RCNS) radical cations and neutrals via ion-molecule reactions: Tandem mass spectrometry and ab initio MO study.
Gerbaux, P., Van Haverbeke, Y., Flammang, R., Wong, M.W., Wentrup, C., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6970-5 (1997).

Charge state dependent energy loss of slow heavy ions in solids.
Schenkel, T., Briere, M.A., Barnes, A.V., Hamza, A.V., Bethge, K., Schmidt-Bocking, H., Schneider, D.H., Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(11): 2030-3 (1997).

An electrochemical coulomb staircase: Detection of single electron-transfer events at nanometer electrodes.
Fan, F.R.F., Bard, A.J., Science (Washington, D. C.) 277(5333): 1791-3 (1997).

Multiphase Systems

Stability of photo-excited C₆₀ chemisorbed on Ni(III).
Kusch, C., Winter, B., Mitzner, R., Silva, A.G., Campbell, E.E.B., Hertel, L.V., Chem. Phys. Lett. 275(5-6): 469-76 (1997).

The electrochemical reduction of indigo dissolved in organic solvents and as a solid mechanically attached to a basalt plane pyrolytic graphite electrode immersed in aqueous electrolyte solution.
Bond, A.M., Marken, F., Hill, E., Compton, R.G., Hugel, H., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (9): 1735-42 (1997).

Inhibition of the adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of an organic contaminant in an aqueous suspension of TiO₂ by inorganic ions.
Chen, H.Y., Zahraa, O., Bouchy, M., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 108(1): 37-44 (1997).

Photocatalytic transformation of aromatic compounds in aqueous zinc oxide suspensions: effect of substrate concentration on the distribution of products.
Richard, C., Bosquet, F., Pilichowski, J.F., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 108(1): 45-9 (1997).

New catalysts in the photo-oxidation of water.
Lyris, E., Argyropoulos, D., Mitsopoulou, C.A., Katakis, D., Vrachnou, E., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 108(1): 51-4 (1997).

Photocatalytic degradation of 1,4-dioxane in aqueous solution.
Hill, R.R., Jeffs, G.E., Roberts, D.R., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 108(1): 55-8 (1997).

UV-photoassisted degradation of phenyltin(IV) chlorides in water.
Navio, J.A., Cerrillos, C., Pradera, M.A., Morales, E., Gomez-Ariza, J.L., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 108(1): 59-63 (1997).

Photocatalytic degradation of 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid in water: Efficiency optimization and mechanistic investigations.
Benoit-Marquie, F., Puech-Costes, E., Braun, A.M., Oliveros, E., Maurette, M.T., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 108(1): 65-71 (1997).

Photocatalytic reduction of nitrite and nitrate ions to ammonia on M/TiO₂ catalysts.
Ranjit, K.T., Viswanathan, B., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 108(1): 73-8 (1997).

Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic properties of iron-doped TiO₂ catalysts.
Ranjit, K.T., Viswanathan, B., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 108(1): 79-84 (1997).

Photocatalytic degradation of cetylpyridinium chloride over titanium dioxide powder.
Singhal, B., Porwal, A., Sharma, A., Ameta, R., Ameta, S.C., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 108(1): 85-8 (1997).

Sensitized photocatalytic oxidation of herbicides using natural sunlight.
Lobedank, J., Bellmann, E., Bendig, J., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 108(1): 89-93 (1997).

Polymers

The first polycondensation through a free radical chain process.
Endo, T., Torii, N., Takata, T., Yokozawa, T., Koizumi, T., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(37): 8718-9 (1997).

Biological and Medical Aspects

Regulation of superoxide anion radical-superoxide dismutase system in the avian thyroid by TSH with reference to thyroid hormonogenesis.
Singh, P.P., Kumar, P., Laloraya, M., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 239(1): 212-6 (1997).

Initial trajectory of carbon monoxide after photodissociation from myoglobin at cryogenic temperatures.
Teng, T., Srajer, V., Moffat, K., Biochemistry 36(40): 12087-100 (1997).

Structures of the siroheme- and Fe₄S₄-containing active center of sulfite reductase in different states of oxidation: Heme activation via reduction-gated exogenous ligand exchange.
Crane, B.R., Siegel, L.M., Getzoff, E.D., Biochemistry 36(40): 12101-19 (1997).

Probing the catalytic mechanism of sulfite reductase by x-ray crystallography: Structures of the Escherichia coli hemoprotein in complex with substrates, inhibitors, intermediates, and products.
Crane, B.R., Siegel, L.M., Getzoff, E.D., Biochemistry 36(40): 12120-37 (1997).

Characterization of the reaction center bound tetraheme cytochrome of Rhodocyclus tenuis.
Menin, L., Schoepp, B., Garcia, D., Parot, P., Vermeglio, A., Biochemistry 36(40): 12175-82 (1997).

Photoinduced cyclic electron transfer in Rhodocyclus tenuis cells: Participation of HiPIP or cyt c₈ depending on the ambient redox potential.
Menin, L., Schoepp, B., Parot, P., Vermeglio, A., Biochemistry 36(40): 12183-8 (1997).

Xanthophylls in light-harvesting complex II of higher plants: Light harvesting and triplet quenching.
Peterman, E.J.G., Gradinaru, C.C., Calkoen, F., Borst, J.C., van Grondelle, R., van Amerongen, H., Biochemistry 36(40): 12208-15 (1997).

In bacterial reaction centers rapid delivery of the second proton to Q_B can be achieved in the absence of L212Glu.
Miksovska, J., Kalman, V.L., Schiffer, M., Maroti, P., Sebban, P., Hanson, D.K., Biochemistry 36(40): 12216-26 (1997).

The last phase of the reprotonation switch in bacteriorhodopsin: The transition between the M-type and the N-type protein conformation depends on hydration.
Kamikubo, H., Oka, T., Imamoto, Y., Tokunaga, F., Lanyi, J.K., Kataoka, M., Biochemistry 36(40): 12282-7 (1997).

Fourier transform infrared study on the primary donor P798 of Heliobacterium modesticaldum: Cysteine S-H coupled to P798 and molecular interactions of carbonyl groups.
Noguchi, T., Fukami, Y., Oh-oka, H., Inoue, Y., Biochemistry 36(40): 12329-36 (1997).

Calcium binding sites of calmodulin and electron transfer by neuronal nitric oxide synthase.
Stevens-Truss, R., Beckingham, K., Marletta, M.A., Biochemistry 36(40): 12337-45 (1997).

Site-directed modification of the ligands to the bacteriochlorophylls of the light-harvesting LH1 and LH2 complexes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
Olsen, J.D., Sturgis, J.N., Westerhuis, W.H.J., Fowler, G.J.S., Hunter, C.N., Robert, B., Biochemistry 36(41): 12625-32 (1997).

Kinetics of radiation- and cytochrome c-induced modifications in liposomes analysed by FT-Raman spectroscopy.
Sailer, K., Viaggi, S., Nusse, M., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1329(2): 259-68 (1997).

Mutual interaction between glycation and oxidation during non- enzymatic protein modification.
Traverso, N., Menini, S., Cottalasso, D., Odetti, P., Marinari, U.M., Pronzato, M.A., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1336(3): 409-18 (1997).

On the role of the acidic cluster Glu 92-94 of spinach ferredoxin I.
Aliverti, A., Livraghi, A., Piubelli, L., Zanetti, G., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1342(1): 45-50 (1997).

EGF receptor phosphorylation is affected by ionizing radiation.
Goldkorn, T., Balaban, N., Shannon, M., Matsukuma, K., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1358(3): 289-99 (1997).

The bacterial pigment xanthomonadin offers protection against photodamage.
Rajagopal, L., Sundari, C.S., Balasubramanian, D., Sonti, R.V., FEBS Lett. 415(2): 125-8 (1997).

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of arrestin from bovine rod outer segment.
Wilden, U., Choe, H.W., Krafft, B., Granzin, J., FEBS Lett. 415(3): 268-70 (1997).

Limited photosynthetic electron flow but no CO₂ fixation in Chlamydomonas mutants lacking photosystem I.
Cournac, L., Redding, K., Bennoun, P., Peltier, G., FEBS Lett. 416(1): 65-8 (1997).

Titration kinetics of Asp-85 in bacteriorhodopsin: exclusion of the retinal pocket as the color-controlling cation binding site.
Fu, X., Bressler, S., Ottolenghi, M., Eliash, T., Friedman, N., Sheves, M., FEBS Lett. 416(2): 167-70 (1997).

Spontaneous spectral changes of the reduced cytochrome bd.
Azarkina, N., Borisov, V., Konstantinov, A.A., FEBS Lett. 416(2): 171-4 (1997).

Nucleotide excision repair in mammalian cells.
Wood, R.D., J. Biol. Chem. 272(38): 23465-8 (1997).

Photocross-linking of the NH₂-terminal region of Taq MutS protein to the major groove of a heteroduplex DNA.
Malkov, V.A., Biswas, I., Hsieh, P., J. Biol. Chem. 272(38): 23811-7 (1997).

Sites of UV-induced phosphorylation of the p34 subunit of replication protein A from HeLa cells.
Zernik-Kobak, M., Vasunia, K., Dixon, K., J. Biol. Chem. 272(38): 23896-904 (1997).

Failure of a second x-ray dose to activate nuclear factor [kappa]B in normal rat astrocytes.
Raju, U., Lu, R., Noel, F., Gumin, G.J., Tofilon, P.J., J. Biol. Chem. 272(39): 24624-30 (1997).

pH dependence of structural and functional properties of oxidized cytochrome c'' from Methylophilus methylotrophus.
Coletta, M., Costa, H., De Sanctis, G., Neri, F., Smulevich, G., Turner, D.L., Santos, H., J. Biol. Chem. 272(40): 24800-4 (1997).

Alkene monooxygenase from Xanthobacter strain Py2. Purification and characterization of a four-component system central to the bacterial metabolism of aliphatic alkenes.
Small, F.J., Ensign, S.A., J. Biol. Chem. 272(40): 24913-20 (1997).

Excitonic interactions between the reaction center and antennae in purple photosynthetic bacteria.
Owen, G.M., Hoff, A.J., Jones, M.R., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7197-204 (1997).

Exciton equilibration induced by phonons: Theory and application to PS II reaction centers.
Leegwater, J.A., Durrant, J.R., Klug, D.R., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7205-10 (1997).

Exciton dynamics in FMO bacteriochlorophyll protein at low temperatures.
Freiberg, A., Lin, S., Timpmann, K., Blankenship, R.E., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7211-20 (1997).

On the nature of energy transfer at low temperatures in the BChl a pigment-protein complex of green sulfur bacteria.
Louwe, R.J.W., Aartsma, T.J., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7221-6 (1997).

Pigment binding-site and electronic properties in light-harvesting proteins of purple bacteria.
Sturgis, J.N., Robert, B., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7227-31 (1997).

Superradiance and exciton delocalization in bacterial photosynthetic light-harvesting systems.
Monshouwer, R., Abrahamsson, M., van Mourik, F., van Grondelle, R., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7241-8 (1997).

Subpicosecond excited-state relaxation of the accessory bacteriochlorophylls in native and modified reaction centers of Rb. sphaeroides R26.
Vulto, S.I.E., Streltsov, A.M., Shkuropatov, A.Y., Shuvalov, V.A., Aartsma, T.J., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7249-55 (1997).

Structural information on the light-harvesting complex II of Green plants that can be deciphered from polarized absorption characteristics.
Gulen, D., van Grondelle, R., van Amerongen, H., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7256-61 (1997).

Red shift of the zero crossing in the CD spectra of the LH2 antenna complex of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila: A structure-based study.
Koolhaas, M.H.C., van der Zwan, G., Frese, R.N., van Grondelle, R., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7262-70 (1997).

Excitons in photosynthetic purple bacteria: Wavelike motion or incoherent hopping?
Chachisvilis, M., Kuhn, O., Pullerits, T., Sundstrom, V., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7275-83 (1997).

Characterization of the light-harvesting antennas of photosynthetic purple bacteria by Stark spectroscopy. 1. LH1 antenna complex and the B820 subunit from Rhodospirillum rubrum.
Beekman, L.M.P., Steffen, M., van Stokkum, I.H.M., Olsen, J.D., Hunter, C.N., Boxer, S.G., van Grondelle, R., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7284-92 (1997).

Characterization of the light-harvesting antennas of photosynthetic purple bacteria by Stark spectroscopy. 2. LH2 complexes: Influence of the protein environment.
Beekman, L.M.P., Frese, R.N., Fowler, G.J.S., Picorel, R., Cogdell, R.J., van Stokkum, I.H.M., Hunter, C.N., van Grondelle, R., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7293-301 (1997).

Energy transfer and connectivity in chloroplasts: Competition between trapping and annihilation in pulsed fluorescence induction experiments.
Valkunas, L., Cervinskas, V., van Mourik, F., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7327-31 (1997).

Three-pulse photon echo measurements on LH1 and LH2 complexes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides: A nonlinear spectroscopic probe of energy transfer.
Jimenez, R., van Mourik, F., Yu, J.Y., Fleming, G.R., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7350-9 (1997).

G-protein deactivation is rate-limiting for shut-off of the phototransduction cascade.
Sagoo, M.S., Lagnado, L., Nature 389(6649): 392-5 (1997).

Haem-ligand switching during catalysis in crystals of a nitrogen-cycle enzyme.
Williams, P.A., Fulop, V., Garman, E.F., Saunders, N.F.W., Ferguson, S.J., Hajdu, J., Nature 389(6649): 406-12 (1997).

A metalloradical mechanism for the generation of oxygen from water in photosynthesis.
Hoganson, C.W., Babcock, G.T., Science (Washington, D. C.) 277(5334): 1953-6 (1997).

Theoretical Studies

The effect of spin relaxation on ESR spectra of spin correlated radical pairs.
Shushin, A.I., Chem. Phys. Lett. 275(3-4): 137-44 (1997).

Unique determination of the cavity radius in Onsager reaction field theory.
Luo, Y., Agren, H., Mikkelsen, K.V., Chem. Phys. Lett. 275(3-4): 145-50 (1997).

Estimating the effect of protein dynamics on electron transfer to the special pair in the photosynthetic reaction center.
Aquino, A.J.A., Beroza, P., Reagan, J., Onuchic, J.N., Chem. Phys. Lett. 275(3-4): 181-7 (1997).

Ab initio CASSCF and MRSDCI calculations of the (C₆H₆)₂⁺ radical.
Miyoshi, E., Ichikawa, T., Sumi, T., Sakai, Y., Shida, N., Chem. Phys. Lett. 275(3-4): 404-8 (1997).

The influence of high-frequency modes on two pulse spectroscopy.
Kobrak, M.N., Rice, S.A., J. Chem. Phys. 107(11): 4091-8 (1997).

Pump-probe spectroscopy of dissipative energy transfer dynamics in photosynthetic antenna complexes: A density matrix approach.
Kuhn, O., Sundstrom, V., J. Chem. Phys. 107(11): 4154-64 (1997).

Wigner spectrogram representations of heterodyne-detected four-wave-mixing and fluorescence up-conversion.
Mukamel, S., J. Chem. Phys. 107(11): 4165-71 (1997).

Transitions through fluctuating barrier: Role of asymmetry and memory.
Fulinski, A., J. Chem. Phys. 107(11): 4225-32 (1997).

Molecular orbital study of the isotropic hyperfine coupling constants of hydroquinone and tetramethylhydroquinone cation radicals.
Eloranta, J., Suontamo, R., Vuolle, M., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(18): 3313-7 (1997).

Computational study of the excited states of 2,5-bis(benzoxazol-2'-yl)hydroquinone and its monomethoxy derivative.
Domingues, N.S., Krug, C., Livotto, P.R., Stefani, V., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (9): 1861-5 (1997).

Model-independent estimation of the photokinetic transfer matrix from matrix-formatted frequency-domain fluorescence.
Neal, S.L., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6883-9 (1997).

Molecular modeling of combustion kinetics. The abstraction of primary and secondary hydrogens by hydroxyl radical.
Hu, W.P., Rossi, I., Corchado, J.C., Truhlar, D.G., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6911-21 (1997).

Substituents effect on the electronic properties of aniline and oligoanilines.
Vaschetto, M.E., Retamal, B.A., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6945-50 (1997).

AM1 study of the ground and excited state potential energy surfaces of symmetric carbocyanines.
Rodriguez, J., Scherlis, D., Estrin, D., Aramendia, P.F., Negri, R.M., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(37): 6998-7006 (1997).

Theory of multiple exciton effects in the photosynthetic antenna complex LHC-II.
Renger, T., May, V., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7232-40 (1997).

A model for dynamic protein control of energy transfer to photosynthetic reaction centers.
Trinkunas, G., Holzwarth, A.R., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7271-4 (1997).

Electronic interactions in photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes: The role of carotenoids.
Scholes, G.D., Harcourt, R.D., Fleming, G.R., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7302-12 (1997).

Model for the excitation dynamics in the light-harvesting complex II from higher plants.
Trinkunas, G., Connelly, J.P., Mueller, M.G., Valkunas, L., Holzwarth, A.R., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7313-20 (1997).

Femtosecond four-wave mixing spectroscopy of molecular aggregates.
Gaizauskas, E., Valkunas, L., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7321-6 (1997).

Multiple exciton coherence sizes in photosynthetic antenna complexes viewed by pump-probe spectroscopy.
Meier, T., Chernyak, V., Mukamel, S., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7332-42 (1997).

Excitons in chains of dimers.
Liuolia, V., Valkunas, L., van Grondelle, R., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(37): 7343-9 (1997).

Novel structures for the excess electron state of the water hexamer and the interaction forces governing the structures.
Lee, S., Kim, J., Lee, S.J., Kim, K.S., Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(11): 2038-41 (1997).

Reviews

''Living'' free radical polymerization: A unique technique for the preparation of controlled macromolecular architectures.
Hawker, C.J., Acc. Chem. Res. 30(9): 373-82 (1997).

From organotransition-metal chemistry toward molecular electronics: Electronic communication between ligand-bridged metals.
Astruc, D., Acc. Chem. Res. 30(9): 383-91 (1997).

Strand-specific mismatch repair in mammalian cells.
Modrich, P., J. Biol. Chem. 272(40): 24727-30 (1997).

An overview of semiconductor photocatalysis.
Mills, A., Le Hunte, S., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 108(1): 1-35 (1997).