Structurally flexible macro-organization of the pigment-protein complexes of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 237-245

  Szabó, Milán ^a   Lepetit, Bernard ^b   Goss, Reimund ^b   Wilhelm, Christian ^b   Mustárdy, László ^a   Garab, Gyozo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism spectroscopy; Diatoms; Electrochromic absorbance changes; Light harvesting complexes; Macrodomains; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Thylakoid membranes

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT; PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATION; DIATOM; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIATOMS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

EID: 37749025997     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-007-9252-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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