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Jacques Breton

Jacques Breton

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Chemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
18078
World Ranking
4754
National Ranking
147

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Jacques Breton is affiliated with CEA Saclay in France, a prominent research center known for its contributions in various scientific and technological fields.

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There are no recorded book publications or awards associated with Jacques Breton based on current data.

Information regarding specific fields of study, subfields, or main research topics has not been documented in the available sources.

Given the absence of detailed publication records or research topics, the profile of Jacques Breton is primarily defined by the association with CEA Saclay, indicating involvement in research activities linked to this institution.

Best Publications

  • Visualization of coherent nuclear motion in a membrane protein by femtosecond spectroscopy

    Marten H. Vos;Fabrice Rappaport;Jean-Christophe Lambry;Jacques Breton

  • Rates of primary electron transfer in photosynthetic reaction centres and their mechanistic implications

    G. R. Fleming;J. L. Martin;J. Breton

  • The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center II

    Jacques Breton;André Verméglio

  • Femtosecond spectroscopy of excitation energy transfer and initial charge separation in the reaction center of the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas viridis

    J. Breton;J.-L. Martin;A. Migus;A. Antonetti

  • Femtosecond spectroscopy of electron transfer in the reaction center of the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26: Direct electron transfer from the dimeric bacteriochlorophyll primary donor to the bacteriopheophytin acceptor with a time constant of 2.8 +/- 0.2 psec.

    J.-L. Martin;J. Breton;A. J. Hoff;A. Migus

  • Direct Observation of Vibrational Coherence in Bacterial Reaction Centers Using Femtosecond Absorption Spectroscopy

    Marten H. Vos;Jean-Christophe Lambry;Steven J. Robles;Douglas C. Youvan

  • Redox-linked conformational changes in proteins detected by a combination of infrared spectroscopy and protein electrochemistry. Evaluation of the technique with cytochrome c.

    David Moss;Eliane Nabedryk;Jacques Breton;Werner Mäntele

  • The major antenna complex of photosystem II has a xanthophyll binding site not involved in light harvesting.

    Stefano Caffarri;Roberta Croce;Jacques Breton;Roberto Bassi

  • Initial electron donor and acceptor in isolated Photosystem II reaction centers identified with femtosecond mid-IR spectroscopy

    Marie Louise Groot;Natalia P. Pawlowicz;Luuk J. G. W. van Wilderen;Jacques Breton

  • The Lhca antenna complexes of higher plants photosystem I

    Roberta Croce;Tomas Morosinotto;Simona Castelletti;Jacques Breton

  • Coherent dynamics during the primary electron-transfer reaction in membrane-bound reaction centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    Vos Mh;Jones Mr;Hunter Cn;Breton J

  • The nature of a chlorophyll ligand in Lhca proteins determines the far red fluorescence emission typical of photosystem I.

    Tomas Morosinotto;Tomas Morosinotto;Jacques Breton;Roberto Bassi;Roberto Bassi;Roberta Croce

  • Analysis of picosecond laser induced fluorescence phenomena in photosynthetic membranes utilizing a master equation approach

    G. Paillotin;C.E. Swenberg;J. Breton;N.E. Geacintov

  • The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center: Structure and Dynamics

    Jacques Breton;André Verméglio

  • Low-temperature femtosecond spectroscopy of the initial step of electron transfer in reaction centers from photosynthetic purple bacteria

    J. Breton;J. L. Martin;G. R. Fleming;J. C. Lambry

  • Binding sites of quinones in photosynthetic bacterial reaction centers investigated by light-induced FTIR difference spectroscopy: assignment of the interactions of each carbonyl of QA in Rhodobacter sphaeroides using site-specific 13C-labeled ubiquinone.

    Jacques Breton;Claude Boullais;Jean-Rene Burie;Eliane Nabedryk

  • Orientation of the Chromophores in the Reaction Center of Rhodopseudomonas viridis. Comparison of Low-Temperature Linear Dichroism Spectra with a Model Derived from X-Ray Crystallography

    Jacques Breton

  • A new infrared electronic transition of the oxidized primary electron donor in bacterial reaction centers: a way to assess resonance interactions between the bacteriochlorophylls.

    Jacques Breton;Eliane Nabedryk;William W. Parson

  • Orientation of pigments and structural proteins in the photosynthetic membrane of spinach chloroplasts: a linear dichroism study.

    Jacques Breton;Michel Michel-Villaz;Guy Paillotin

  • Infrared spectroelectrochemistry of bacteriochlorophylls and bacteriopheophytins: Implications for the binding of the pigments in the reaction center from photosynthetic bacteria

    W. G. Mäntele;A. M. Wollenweber;E. Nabedryk;J. Breton

  • Spectroscopic properties of the reaction center and of the 47 kDa chlorophyll protein of Photosystem II

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Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas E. Geacintov
Nicholas E. Geacintov New York University
Andrew J. Thomson
Andrew J. Thomson University of East Anglia
Werner Mäntele
Werner Mäntele Goethe University Frankfurt
Julea N. Butt
Julea N. Butt University of East Anglia
Fraser A. Armstrong
Fraser A. Armstrong University of Oxford
Roberto Bassi
Roberto Bassi University of Verona
Charles Mioskowski
Charles Mioskowski Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Roberta Croce
Roberta Croce Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Rienk van Grondelle
Rienk van Grondelle Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Peter R. Rich
Peter R. Rich University College London

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