title: Purple Bacterial Light-harvesting Complexes: From Dreams to Structures.
abstract: This paper describes the main stages involved in the research efforts designed to try and understand the structure and function of purple bacterial antenna complexes. Wherever possible the work has been illustrated by pictures of the major people who carried it out.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Davidson Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cogdell
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Alastair T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Gardiner