Crystal structure of C-phycocyanin from Cyanidium caldarium provides a new perspective on phycobilisome assembly

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2912-2921

  Stec, Boguslaw ^a,c   Troxler, Robert F ^b   Teeter, Martha M ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYCOCYANIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANIDIUM CALDARIUM;

EID: 0033047094     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77446-1     Document Type: Article

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