Investigation on chlorosomal antenna geometries: Tube, lamella and spiral-type self-aggregates

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-245

  Linnanto, Juha M ^a   Korppi Tommola, Jouko E I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antenna; Chlorosome; Green bacteria; Lamella; Light harvesting; Molecular modeling; Rod element; Spiral

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL C;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROBI; CHLOROFLEXI; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CHLOROBI; CHLOROFLEXI; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 43149106174     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-008-9304-3     Document Type: Article

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