The purple bacterial photosynthetic unit

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 55-63

  Cogdell, Richard J ^a   Fyfe, Paul K ^a   Barrett, Stuart J ^a   Prince, Stephen M ^b   Freer, Andrew A ^b   Isaacs, Neil W ^b   McGlynn, Peter ^c   Hunter, C Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacteriochlorophyll; energy transfer; light harvesting complexes; membrane proteins; photosynthetic bacteria; reaction centres

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0029861762     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00040996     Document Type: Review

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