How the formation process influences the structure of BChl c aggregates

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 229-239

  Umetsu, Mitsuo ^a   Wang, Zheng Yu ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Ishii, Takasada ^b   Uehara, Kaku ^b   Inoko, Yoji ^c   Kobayashi, Masayuki ^a   Nozawa, Tsunenori ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BChl c stacking size; Chlorosomes; High aggregates; Ordering of BChl c molecules; Time variation of absorption spectra; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032863264     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006258029191     Document Type: Article

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