Studies of the location and function of isoprenoid quinones in chlorosomes from green sulfur bacteria

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-90

  Frigaard, Niels Ulrik ^a   Matsuura, Katsumi ^b   Hirota, Masamitsu ^b   Miller, Mette ^a   Cox, Raymond P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll; Chlorobium; Chlorobiumquinone; Excitation energy transfer; Fluorescence quenching; Menaquinone

Indexed keywords

CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM;

EID: 0032444952     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006043706652     Document Type: Article

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