The role of chlorophyll b in photosynthesis: Hypothesis

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Eggink, Laura L ^a   Park, Hyoungshin ^a,b   Hoober, J Kenneth ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; THYLAKOID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING; THYLAKOIDS;

EID: 3042547200     PISSN: 14712229     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-1-2     Document Type: Article

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