Irradiance-dependent changes in the size and composition of the chlorophyll a-b light-harvesting complex in the green alga Dunaliella salina

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-24

  Tanaka, Ayumi ^a,b   Melis, Anastasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assembly; Dunaliella salina; Light harvesting complex; Photosynthetic unit; Protein composition; Thylakoid membrane

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA SALINA; SALINA;

EID: 0031002318     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029080     Document Type: Article

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