Thinking about the evolution of photosynthesis

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 373-386

  Olson, John M ^a   Blankenship, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Armin Mulkidjanian; Beverly Pierson; Carl Bauer; Chlorosomes; David Mauzerall; Endosymbiosis; FMO protein; fusion model; Granick hypothesis; Hyman Hartman; Lynn Margulis; microfossils; Paul Mathis; Radhey Gupta; Terrance Meyer; Wolfgang Junge; Wolfgang Nitschke

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CYANOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 3042809852     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PRES.0000030457.06495.83     Document Type: Conference Paper

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