How carotenoids protect bacterial photosynthesis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1402, 2000, Pages 1345-1349

  Cogdell, R J ^a   Howard, T D ^a   Bittl, R ^a   Schlodder, E ^a   Geisenheimer, I ^a   Lubitz, W ^a   Laisk, A ^a   Barber, J ^a   Buc, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenna complexes; Bacterial photosynthesis; Bacteriochlorophyll; Carotenoids; Membrane proteins; Reaction centres

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CAROTENOID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0034730968     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0696     Document Type: Conference Paper

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