Why do chlorosomal chlorophylls lack the C132-methoxycarbonyl moiety? An in vitro model study

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-31

  Oba, Toru ^a,b   Tamiaki, Hitoshi ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Chirality; Chlorophyll; Chlorosome; Green photosynthetic bacteria; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032730294     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006248127336     Document Type: Article

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