Cyanobacterial photosynthesis in the oceans: The origins and significance of divergent light-harvesting strategies

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 134-142

  Ting, Claire S ^a   Rocap, Gabrielle ^b   King, Jonathan ^a   Chisholm, Sallie W ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BINDING PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN; PROTEIN CP43; PROTEIN CP47; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEAXANTHIN;

CARBON CYCLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYCOBILISOME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036498845     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(02)02319-3     Document Type: Review

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