Two-dimensional structure of plant photosystem II at 8-Å resolution

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6650, 1997, Pages 522-526

  Rhee, Kyong Hi ^a,c   Morris, Ed P ^b   Zheleva, Daniela ^b   Hankamer, Ben ^b   Kühlbrandt, Werner ^a,c   Barber, James ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030759919     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/39103     Document Type: Article

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