Photosynthesis: What color was its origin?

Genome Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Xiong, Jin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

CYANOBACTERIUM; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HELIOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; SHORT SURVEY;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 34347209064     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2006-7-12-245     Document Type: Short Survey

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