Structure of Halothiobacillus neapolitanus Carboxysomes by Cryo-electron Tomography

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 364, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 526-535

  Schmid, Michael F ^a   Paredes, Angel M ^a   Khant, Htet A ^a   Soyer, Ferda ^b   Aldrich, Henry C ^d   Chiu, Wah ^a   Shively, Jessup M ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

carboxysomes; cryo electron tomography; electron cryo microscopy; RuBisCO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HALOTHIOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CYANOBACTERIA; HALOTHIOBACILLUS NEAPOLITANUS; NITROBACTER WINOGRADSKYI;

EID: 33750822769     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.09.024     Document Type: Article

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