The lumenal loop connecting transmembrane helices I and II of the D1 polypeptide is important for assembly of the photosystem two complex

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-91

  Chiesa, Marta Dalla ^a   Deák, Zsuzsanna ^b   Vass, Imre ^b   Barber, James ^a   Nixon, Peter J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

mutagenesis; PS II; reaction centre; revertant; Synechocystis 6803; water oxidation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0030450141     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00018223     Document Type: Article

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