Pigment composition in the reaction center complex from the thermophilic green sulfur bacterium, Chlorobium tepidum: Carotenoid glucoside esters, menaquinone and chlorophylls

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 691-694

  Takaichi, Shinichi ^a   Oh Oka, Hirozo ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C670; Carotenoid glucoside ester; Chlorobactene; Chlorobium tepidum; Menaquinone; Reaction center

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID GLUCOSIDE ESTER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHLOROPHYLL; DIHYDROCHLOROBACTENE; HYDROXY CHI CAROTENE GLUCOSIDE ESTER; HYDROXYCHLOROBACTENE GLUCOSIDE ESTER; MENAQUINONE; REACTION CENTER;

CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM;

EID: 0032807049     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029594     Document Type: Article

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