Genes encoding light-harvesting and reaction center proteins from Chromatium vinosum

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-52

  Corson, Gary E ^a   Nagashima, Kenji V P ^b   Matsuura, Katsumi ^b   Sakuragi, Yumiko ^b   Wettasinghe, Ruwanthi ^a   Qin, Hong ^a   Allen, Randy ^a   Knaff, David B ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antenna proteins; puf operon; Purple sulfur bacteria; Reaction center

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOCHROME C; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA ISOLATION; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHROMATIUM VINOSUM;

EID: 0032921789     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006182818010     Document Type: Article

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