The nucleotide sequence of the puf operon from the purple photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodospirillum molischianum: Comparative analyses of light-harvesting proteins and the cytochrome subunits associated with the reaction centers

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-70

  Nagashima, Kenji V P ^a   Matsuura, Katsumi ^a   Shimada, Keizo ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c; Light harvesting polypeptides; Nucleotide sequence; Photosynthetic bacteria; Phylogeny; puf operon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030466883     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00018221     Document Type: Article

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