Analysis of the chloroplast protein complexes by blue-native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (BN-PAGE)

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-44

  Kügler, Marion ^a   Jänsch, Lothar ^a   Kruft, Volker ^b   Schmitz, Udo K ^a   Braun, Hans Peter ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Applied Biosystems GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

B6f complex; Chloroplast ATP synthase; Light harvesting complexes; Photosynthesis; Photosystems; Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030829823     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005882406718     Document Type: Article

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