How photosynthetic bacteria harvest solar energy

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3869-3879

  Cogdell, Richard J ^a,b   Isaacs, Neil W ^b   Howard, Tina D ^a   McLuskey, Karen ^b   Fraser, Niall J ^a   Prince, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID; PIGMENT;

BACTERIUM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SHORT SURVEY; SOLAR ENERGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032985754     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.13.3869-3879.1999     Document Type: Short Survey

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