Changes in Bacteriochlorophyll c Organization during Acid Treatment of Chloromosomes from Chlorobium tepidum

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-134

  Steensgaard, Dorte B ^a   Matsuura, Katsumi ^b   Cox, Raymond P ^a   Miller, Mette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0031050687     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb01888.x     Document Type: Article

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