Spectral changes induced by alkaline pH and specific chemical modification of amino acid residues in the light-harvesting II antenna complex from Ectothiorhodospira sp.

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-281

  Buche, André ^a   Picorel, Rafael ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

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ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRA;

EID: 0000545859     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb03286.x     Document Type: Article

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