Electron-crystallographic refinement of the structure of bacteriorhodopsin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 393-421

  Grigorieff, N ^a   Ceska, T A ^a,c   Downing, K H ^b   Baldwin, J M ^a   Henderson, R ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Electron microscopy; Purple membrane; Refinement; Two dimensional crystal

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; LIPID; PROTON PUMP;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PURPLE MEMBRANE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0029903197     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0328     Document Type: Article

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