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chlorosome

A large enclosure of aggregated pigment, typically bacteriochlorophyll c (BChl c), that acts as a light-harvesting antenna structure and is… 
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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Structure of Light-Harvesting Aggregates in Individual Chlorosomes.
Among all photosynthetic organisms, green bacteria have evolved one of the most efficient light-harvesting antenna, the… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
The Eighth Bacteriochlorophyll Completes the Excitation Energy Funnel in the FMO Protein.
The Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) light-harvesting protein connects the outer antenna system (chlorosome/baseplate) with the… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Structure of the light-harvesting bacteriochlorophyll c assembly in chlorosomes from Chlorobium limicola determined by solid-state NMR
We have determined the atomic structure of the bacteriochlorophyll c (BChl c) assembly in a huge light-harvesting organelle, the… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Lamellar organization of pigments in chlorosomes, the light harvesting complexes of green photosynthetic bacteria.
Chlorosomes of green photosynthetic bacteria constitute the most efficient light harvesting complexes found in nature. In… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Nine Mutants of Chlorobium tepidum Each Unable To Synthesize a Different Chlorosome Protein Still Assemble Functional Chlorosomes
ABSTRACT Chlorosomes of the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum comprise mostly bacteriochlorophyll c (BChl c), small… 
2004
2004
Pigment organization and energy transfer in the green photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus
We have studied the pigment arrangement in purified cytoplasmic membranes of the thermophilic green bacterium Chloroflexus… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Subcellular localization of chlorosome proteins in Chlorobium tepidum and characterization of three new chlorosome proteins: CsmF, CsmH, and CsmX.
Chlorosomes are unique light-harvesting structures found in two families of photosynthetic bacteria. In this study, three… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Quinones in chlorosomes of green sulfur bacteria and their role in the redox-dependent fluorescence studied in chlorosome-like bacteriochlorophyll c aggregates
Abstract The light-harvesting chlorosome antennae of anaerobic, photosynthetic green sulfur bacteria exhibit a highly redox… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Effects of oxidants and reductants on the efficiency of excitation transfer in green photosynthetic bacteria.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Isolation and development of chlorosomes in the green bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus
Freeze-fracture electron microscopy was used to study further the changes in chlorosome structure during the development of the… 
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