Analyzing your complexes: Structure of the quinol-fumarate reductase respiratory complex

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 448-455

  Iverson, Tina M ^a   Luna Chavez, César ^b,c   Schröder, Imke ^d   Cecchini, Gary ^b,c   Rees, Douglas C ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUMARATE REDUCTASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; QUINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW;

EID: 0033916482     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(00)00113-5     Document Type: Review

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