Langmuir-Blodgett Film of Phycobilisomes from Blue-Green Alga Spirulina platensis

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 952-955

  Chen, Chao ^a   Zhang, Yu Zhong ^a   Chen, Xiu Lan ^a   Zhou, Bai Cheng ^a,b   Gao, Hong Jun ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Langmuir blodgett film; Phycobilisome; Scanning tunneling microscope (STM); Spirulina platensis

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MICA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLUE GREEN ALGA; CYTOPLASM; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PHYCOBILISOME; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

CYANOBACTERIA; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; PHYCOBILISOMES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THYLAKOIDS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICA; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 0346963303     PISSN: 05829879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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