Lamellar organization of pigments in chlorosomes, the light harvesting complexes of green photosynthetic bacteria

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1165-1172

  Psencik J ^a   Ikonen, T P ^b   Laurinmaki P ^c   Merckel, M C ^c   Butcher, S J ^c   Serimaa, R E ^b   Tuma, R ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; LIPID; PIGMENT; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROSOME; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PLANT; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 4143060164     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.040956     Document Type: Article

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