Type I photosynthetic reaction centres: Structure and function

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1429, 2003, Pages 231-243

  Heathcote, Peter ^a   Jones, Michael R ^b   Fyfe, Paul K ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Green sulphur bacteria; Homology modelling; Photosynthesis; Photosystem I; Reaction centres; Type I

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBIUM; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 0037471695     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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