Discovery of natural photosynthesis using Zn-containing bacteriochlorophyll in an aerobic bacterium Acidiphilium rubrum

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 889-893

  Wakao, Norio ^a   Yokoi, Naoto ^a   Isoyama, Naohito ^a   Hiraishi, Akira ^b,g   Shimada, Keizo ^c   Kobayashi, Masami ^d   Kise, Hideo ^d   Iwaki, Masayo ^e   Itoh, Shigeru ^e   Takaichi, Shinichi ^f   Sakurai, Yonekichi ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Konishi Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^f NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^g TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll; Chlorophyll; Electron transfer; Photosynthesis; Photosynthetic bacteria; Reaction center

Indexed keywords

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDIPHILIUM RUBRUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 10544255342     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029029     Document Type: Article

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