Symmetry-related mutants in the quinone binding sites of the bacterial reaction center - The effects of changes in charge distribution

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 275-280

  Hanson, Deborah K ^a   Schiffer, Marianne ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Phenotypic revertants; Photosynthesis; Proton transfer; Site specific mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0031828333     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005901510444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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