The role of pigments in the assembly of photosynthetic complexes in Rhodobacter capsulatus

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-244

  Brand, Matthias ^a,b   Drews, Gerhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0030819619     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3620370402     Document Type: Article

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