Photosynthetic Pigments: Perplexing Persistent Prevalence of 'Superfluous' Pigment Production

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Beale, Samuel I ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYCOBILIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SHORT SURVEY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

GENES, VIRAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYCOBILINS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 42049110587     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.064     Document Type: Short Survey

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