Presence of the photoactive reaction-center chlorophyll of PSI (P700) in dark-grown cells of a chlorophyll-deficient mutant of Chlorella kessleri

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1087-1092

  Ikegami, Isamu ^a   Kamiya, Akio ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorella kessleri; Chlorophyll; Deficient mutant; Mutant; P700; Photosystem I

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLLIDE A; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX; MUTANT; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PLANT METABOLISM; REACTION CENTER; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CHLORELLA KESSLERI;

EID: 0031735349     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029306     Document Type: Article

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