The structure of bacteriorhodopsin: An emerging consensus

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 462-468

  Subramaniam, Sriram ^a,b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033179340     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)80065-7     Document Type: Article

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