The reaction center complex from the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum: A structural analysis by scanning transmission electron microscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 290, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 851-858

  Rémigy, Hervé W ^a   Stahlberg, Henning ^a   Fotiadis, Dimitrios ^a   Müller, Shirley A ^a   Wolpensinger, Bettina ^a   Engel, Andreas ^a   Hauska, Günter ^b   Tsiotis, Georgios ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Fenna Matthews Olson; Green sulfur bacteria; Reaction center

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; CHLOROBIUM; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM;

EID: 0344327081     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2925     Document Type: Article

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