Quest for minor but key chlorophyll molecules in photosynthetic reaction centers - Unusual pigment composition in the reaction centers of the chlorophyll d-dominated cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-107

  Akiyama, Machiko ^a   Miyashita, Hideaki ^b,f   Kise, Hideo ^a   Watanabe, Tadashi ^c   Mimuro, Mamoru ^d,f   Miyachi, Shigetoh ^e   Kobayashi, Masami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acaryochloris marina; Chlorophyll a; Chlorophyll a ; Chlorophyll d; Chlorophyll d ; Cyanobacteria; Epimer; Pheophytin a; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ACARYOCHLORIS MARINA;

EID: 0036445095     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020915506409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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