Manipulation of the bacteriochlorophyll c homolog distribution in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 385-393

  Steensgaard, Dorte B ^a   Cox, Raymond P ^a   Miller, Mette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bacteriochlorophyll homologs; chlorosome; green bacteria; cyclodextrin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM;

EID: 0029959863     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00029471     Document Type: Article

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