Control of photosystem formation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2801-2809

  Zeilstra Ryalls, Jill ^a,c   Gomelsky, Mark ^a   Eraso, Jesus M ^a   Yeliseev, Alexei ^a   O'Gara, James ^a   Kaplan, Samuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REACTION ANALYSIS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0032469905     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.11.2801-2809.1998     Document Type: Short Survey

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