Characterization of the csmD and csmE genes from Chlorobium tepidum. The csmA, csmC, csmD, and csmE proteins are components of the chlorosome envelope

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-59

  Chung, Soohee ^a,b   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorobium tepidum; chlorosomes; DNA sequence; green sulfur bacterium; light harvesting antenna; photosynthesis; primer extension mapping; protein overproduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030465889     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00018220     Document Type: Article

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