High temperature induced alterations in energy transfer in phycobilisomes of the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis

Photosynthetica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 615-617

  Murthy, S D S ^a   Ramanaiah, V V ^a   Sudhir, P ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Fluorescence emission spectra at room and low temperature

Indexed keywords

SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 17844366597     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/S11099-005-0021-2     Document Type: Article

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