A small chloroplast-encoded protein as a novel architectural component of the light-harvesting antenna

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 369-377

  Ruf, Stephanie ^a   Biehler, Klaus ^a   Bock, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; LHCII; Light harvesting complex; Photosynthesis; ycf9

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; GENOME; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE DELETION; GENOME, PLANT; LIGHT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, TOXIC; PLASTIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0034678449     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.2.369     Document Type: Article

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