Characterization of Chlorobium tepidum chlorosomes: A calculation of bacteriochlorophyll c per chlorosome and oligomer modeling

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2560-2565

  Montaño, Gabriel A ^a   Bowen, Benjamin P ^b   LaBelle, Jeffrey T ^a   Woodbury, Neal W ^a   Pizziconi, Vincent B ^a   Blankenship, Robert E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL C; OLIGOMER; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALCULATION; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 0141642102     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74678-5     Document Type: Article

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