Transcription of three sets of genes coding for the core light-harvesting proteins in the purple sulfur bacterium, Allochromatium vinosum

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-280

  Nagashima, Sakiko ^a   Shimada, Keizo ^a   Matsuura, Katsumi ^a   Nagashima, Kenji V P ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allochromatium (Chromatium) vinosum; Antenna proteins; Gene duplication; LH1 complex; puf operon; Purple sulfur bacteria

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHROMATIUM VINOSUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIACEAE; CHROMATIUM; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0036931425     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021280104053     Document Type: Article

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