One century of protein crystallography: The phycobiliproteins

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 167-176

  Betz, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; Light harvesting; Photosynthesis; Phycobiliprotein; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOBILIVIOLIN; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANOBILIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PHYCOERYTHROCYANIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATOPHORE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYCOBILISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHYCOBILISOMES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 0031006022     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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