Spectroscopic characterization of the spinach Lhcb4 protein (CP29), a minor light-harvesting complex of photosystem II

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 817-823

  Pascal, Andy ^a,c   Gradinaru, Claudiu ^b   Wacker, Ulrich ^d   Peterman, Erwin ^b   Calkoen, Florentine ^b   Irrgang, Klaus Dieter ^d   Horton, Peter ^d   Renger, Gernot ^d   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^b   Robert, Bruno ^a   Van Amerongen, Herbert ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c SBPM/DBCM   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

LHC gene family; Light harvesting; Photosystem II; Polarized spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SPINACH;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0040296635     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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