Photosystem II: The engine of life

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-89

  Barber, James ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DIMER; MANGANESE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLASTOQUINONE; TYROSINE; WATER;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; X RAY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CHLOROPHYLL; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYANOBACTERIA; DIMERIZATION; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MANGANESE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; TYROSINE; WATER;

CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037295369     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583502003839     Document Type: Review

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