Pigment protein complexes and the concept of the photosynthetic unit: Chlorophyll complexes and phycobilisomes

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 47-53

  Gantt, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

chlorophytes; chromophytes; light harvesting antenna; rhodophytes

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROMOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; RHODOPHYTA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0029914176     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00040995     Document Type: Review

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