The projection structure of the low temperature K intermediate of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle determined by electron diffraction

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1663-1671

  Bullough, Per A ^a   Henderson, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Electron microscopy; Freeze trapping; K intermediate; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTON PUMP;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; LIGHT; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033548544     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2570     Document Type: Article

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