Low-temperature electron transfer from cytochrome to the special pair in Rhodopseudomonas viridis: Role of the L162 residue

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1135-1148

  Ortega, José M ^a,c   Dohse, Barbara ^b   Oesterhelt, Dieter ^b   Mathis, Paul ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CYTOCHROME C; HEME;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCHLORIS VIRIDIS; CELL GROWTH; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0031910467     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77831-2     Document Type: Article

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