The structure and function of the LH2 (B800-850) complex from the purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas acidophila strain 10050

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-27

  Cogdell, Richard J ^a   Isaacs, Neil W ^a   Freer, Andy A ^a   Arrelano, Juan ^a   Howard, Tina D ^a   Papiz, Miroslav Z ^b   Hawthornthwaite Lawless, Anna M ^b   Prince, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; RHODOSPIRILLUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS ACIDOPHILA; RHODOSPIRILLUM;

EID: 0031415502     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6107(97)00010-2     Document Type: Review

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