Cryptomonad biliproteins: Bilin types and locations

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 163-170

  Wedemayer, Gary J ^a   Kidd, Daniel G ^a,b   Glazer, Alexander N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

energy transfer; light harvesting pigments; linear tetrapyrrole; photosynthetic antennae

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOPHYTA; FALCOMONAS DAUCOIDES; HEMISELMIS;

EID: 0029910197     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00041006     Document Type: Article

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