Yoshitaka Saga

Spectral properties of single light-harvesting complexes in bacterial photosynthesis

Yoshitaka Saga, Yutaka Shibata, Hitoshi Tamiaki · Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews · 2010 · 180 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biophysics +16

Synthesis of homologously pure bacteriochlorophyll-e and f analogues from BChls-c/d via transformation of the 7-methyl to formyl group and self-aggregation of synthetic zinc methyl bacteriopheophorbides-c/d/e/f in non-polar organic solvent

Hitoshi Tamiaki, Miki Omoda, Yoshitaka Saga et al. · Tetrahedron · 2003 · 82 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +3

Transmission electron microscopic study on supramolecular nanostructures of bacteriochlorophyll self-aggregates in chlorosomes of green photosynthetic bacteria

Yoshitaka Saga, Hitoshi Tamiaki · Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering · 2006 · 62 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biophysics +17

Isolation and structure determination of a complete set of bacteriochlorophyll-d homologs and epimers from a green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme and their aggregation properties in hydrophobic solvents

Tadashi Mizoguchi, Yoshitaka Saga, Hitoshi Tamiaki · Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences · 2002 · 59 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +7

Spectroscopic Studies on Self-aggregation of Bacteriochlorophyll-e in Nonpolar Organic Solvents: Effects of Stereoisomeric Configuration at the 31-Position and Alkyl Substituents at the 81-Position¶

Yoshitaka Saga, Katsumi Matsuura, Hitoshi Tamiaki · Photochemistry and Photobiology · 2001 · 58 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +17