Effects of precise deletions in Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction center genes on steady-state levels of reaction center proteins: A revised model for reaction center assembly

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-108

  Tehrani, Ali ^a   Beatty, J Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Membrane protein complex assembly; Photosynthetic reaction center; Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Indexed keywords

RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0442282765     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PRES.0000011927.51349.e8     Document Type: Article

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