Three-dimensional architecture of phycobilisomes from Nostoc flagelliforme revealed by single particle electron microscopy

FEBS Letters

Volumn 579, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3569-3573

  Yi, Zhi Wei ^a   Huang, Hui ^b   Kuang, Ting Yun ^b   Sui, Sen Fang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Allophycocyanins; Electron microscopy; Phycobilisomes

Indexed keywords

ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; OLIGOMER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PHYCOBILISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NOSTOC; PHYCOBILISOMES;

NOSTOC FLAGELLIFORME;

EID: 21244441578     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.05.033     Document Type: Article

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