Demonstration of the key role played by the PufX protein in the functional and structural organization of native and hybrid bacterial photosynthetic core complexes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 642-646

  Fulcher, Timothy K ^a   Beatty, J Thomas ^b   Jones, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031936540     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.3.642-646.1998     Document Type: Article

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