Crystallization of intact and subunit L-deficient monomers from synechocystis PCC 6803 photosystem I

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 195-199

  Jekow, Petra ^a   Schubert, Wolf Dieter ^a   Fromme, Petra ^b   Kruip, Jochen ^c   Chitnis, Parag R ^d   Rögner, Matthias ^c   Saenger, Wolfram ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Mesophilic Cyanobacterium; Photosystem I; PS I Monomers

Indexed keywords

SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 11344267612     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1996-3-410     Document Type: Article

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