Natural strategies for photosynthetic light harvesting

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 492-501

  Croce, Roberta ^a   Van Amerongen, Herbert ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID; OXYGEN; PIGMENT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANTENNA; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYCOBILINS; PHYCOBILIPROTEINS; PLANT CELLS;

EID: 84902814136     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1555     Document Type: Review

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