Estimation of Pigment Stoichiometries in Photosynthetic Systems of Purple Bacteria: Special Reference to the (Absence of) Second Carotenoid in LH2

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 84-87

  Arellano, Juan B ^a,b   Raju, B Bangar ^b,c   Naqvi, K Razi ^d   Gillbro, Tomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0001929458     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb03256.x     Document Type: Article

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