The tricylindrical core of the phycobilisome of the cyanobacterium arthrospira a (Spirulina) maxima

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 959-970

  Lojero, C Gómez ^a   Perez Gomez B ^a   Krogmann, D W ^b   Pena Diaz A ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arthrospira; Cyanobacterium; Oscillatoriales; Phycobiliproteins; Phycobilisome core; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; CORE PROTEIN; HYDROXYAPATITE; PHYCOCYANIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SUCROSE GRADIENT;

EID: 0343488552     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(97)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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