A complex photoreceptive structure in the cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya sp.

Micron

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-34

  Albertano, P ^a   Barsanti, L ^b   Passarelli, V ^b   Gualtieri, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Microspectroscopy; Photoreception; Prokaryote; Rhodopsin like protein

Indexed keywords

PHOTOMETRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; RHODOPSIN; SPECTROMETRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; LIGHT; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; LEPTOLYNGBYA SP.; PROKARYOTA; ROMAN; ROMAN HYPOGEA;

EID: 0344678345     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(99)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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