Organization of the pigment molecules in the chlorophyll a/b/c containing alga Mantoniella squamata (Prasinophyceae) studied by means of absorption, circular and linear dichroism spectroscopy

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1457, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 190-199

  Goss, Reimund ^a   Wilhelm, Christian ^a   Garab, Gyözö ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alga; Carotenoid; Circular dichroism; Light harvesting complex; Linear dichroism; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; PIGMENT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALGA; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; LINEAR DICHROISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

ALGAE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLOROPHYLL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THYLAKOIDS;

ALGAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; MANTONIELLA; MANTONIELLA SQUAMATA; PRASINOPHYCEAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0034639910     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2728(00)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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