Survival strategy of photosynthetic organisms. 2. Experimental proof of the size variability of the unit building block of light-harvesting oligomeric antenna

Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 441-446

  Yakovlev, A G ^a   Taisova, A S ^a   Fetisova, Z G ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

photosynthesis; structure and function of light harvesting antenna

Indexed keywords

OLIGOMER;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 3042735599     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MBIL.0000032217.48244.62     Document Type: Article

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