Proteolytic modifications of the B800-860 complex of the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodocyclus tenuis: Structural and spectral effects

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-232

  Hu, Qinghui ^a,b   Brunisholz, René A ^a   Zuber, Herbert ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

chymotrypsin; light harvesting complex polypeptides; pigment protein interaction; proteinase K; purple bacteria

Indexed keywords

PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOCYCLUS TENUIS;

EID: 0030431763     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00033121     Document Type: Article

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