Structural analysis of the photosynthetic reaction center from the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1322, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 163-172

  Tsiotis, Georgios ^a   Hager Braun, Christine ^b   Wolpensinger, Bettina ^a   Engel, Andreas ^a   Hauska, Günter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Green sulfur bacteria; Reaction center

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLOROBIUM; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL FILTRATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM;

EID: 0031574492     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2728(97)00073-X     Document Type: Article

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