Photosystem I at 4 Å resolution represents the first structural model of a joint otosynthetic reaction centre and core antenna system

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 965-973

  Krauß, Norbert ^a   Schubert, Wolf Dieter ^a   Klukas, Olaf ^a   Fromme, Petra ^b   Witt, Horst Tobias ^b   Saenger, Wolfram ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0029911269     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb1196-965     Document Type: Article

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