Phycobiliproteins and phycobilisomes: The early observations

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 193-205

  Tandeau De Marsac, Nicole ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Akihito Hattori; Alexander Glazer; Allophycocyanin; Donald Bryant; Elisabeth Gantt; Germaine Cohen Bazire; Harald Kylin; Jack Myers; K. Boresch; Lawrence Bogorad; Light harvesting antennae; N. Gaidukov; Nees Esenbeck; Theodor Engelmann; Yoshihiko Fujita

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0042861277     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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