Molecular architecture of photosynthetic membranes in Rhodobacter sphaeroides: The role of PufX

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 690-700

  Siebert, C Alistair ^a   Qian, Pu ^a   Fotiadis, Dimitrios ^b   Engel, Andreas ^b   Hunter, C Neil ^a   Bullough, Per A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2D crystals; Cytochrome bc1 complex; Light harvesting complex; Photosynthesis; Reaction centre

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN PUFX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 1842510034     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600092     Document Type: Article

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