The phycobilisomes of the cyanobacterium Arthrospira (Spirulina) maxima

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1191-1205

  Gomez Lojero C ^a   Perez Gomez B ^a   Prado Flores, G ^b   Krogmann, D W ^c   Carabez Trejo A ^d   Pena Diaz A ^e  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b Depto Prod Agric y Anim Univ A   (Mexico)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Depto Biol Cel y Tisular F M   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arthrospira; Cyanobacterium; HPLC; Oscillatoriales; Phycobiliproteins; Phycobilisomes; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0343811678     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(97)00043-5     Document Type: Article

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