On the role of cytochrome c8 in photosynthetic electron transfer of the purple non-sulfur bacterium Rhodoferax fermentans

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-21

  Hochkoeppler, Alejandro ^a   Ciurli, Stefano ^b   Kofod, Pauli ^c   Venturoli, Giovanni ^a   Zannoni, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Institute of Agricultural Chemistry   (Italy)

^c ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacterial photosynthesis; Cytochrome c8; Electron transfer; HiPIP; Rhodoferax fermentans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030776917     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005830003198     Document Type: Article

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