Multiple pathways of excitation energy flow in the photosynthetic pigment system of a cryptophyte, cryptomonas sp. (CR-1)

Phycological Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-164

  Mimuro, Mamoru ^a,g   Tamai, Naoto ^b   Murakami, Akio ^a   Watanabe, Masakatsu ^a   Erata, Mayumi ^c   Watanabe, Makoto M ^d   Tokutomi, Mitsue ^e   Yamazaki, Iwao ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Global Environmental Forum   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Cryptomonas sp.; Energy transfer; Photosynthesis; Phycobilin; Ultra fast spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOMONAS;

EID: 0031685105     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.1998.tb00108.x     Document Type: Article

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