With chlorophyll pigments from prolamellar bodies to light-harvesting complexes

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 748-759

  Sundqvist, Christer ^a   Dahlin, Clas ^a  

^a Botanical Inst   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Chlorophyll synthase; Chlorophyllide; Etioplast; NADPH protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase; Prolamellar body; Protein transport; Prothylakoid; Protochlorophyllide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030869207     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000402.x     Document Type: Article

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