Chlorosome development in Chloroflexus aurantiacus

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-114

  Foidl, Markus ^a   Golecki, Jochen R ^a   Oelze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll; Chlorosome polypeptides; Chlorosome structure; Green bacteria; Photosynthetic apparatus

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS;

EID: 0031957376     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005901318614     Document Type: Article

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