Biochemical and immunochemical investigations on the light-harvesting system of the cryptophyte Rhodomonas sp.: Evidence for a photosystem I specific antenna

Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 516-523

  Bathke, L ^a   Rhiel, E ^a   Krumbein, W E ^a   Marquardt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptophyceae; Light harvesting complexes; Photosynthesis; Photosystems; Rhodomonas

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOPHYTA; RHODOMONAS; RHODOMONAS SP.; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0032745445     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1999.tb00777.x     Document Type: Article

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