The C-terminal domain of light-harvesting chlorophyll-a/b-binding protein is involved in the stabilisation of trimeric light-harvesting complex

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 288-292

  Kuttkat, Andrea ^a   Hartmann, Annette ^a   Hobe, Stephan ^a   Paulsen, Harald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Insertion into thylakoid membranes; Light harvesting complex of photosystem II trimers; Photosystem II; Reconstitution; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

EID: 0029852006     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0288r.x     Document Type: Article

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