Possible pathway for ubiquinone shuttling in Rhodospirillum rubrum revealed by molecular dynamics simulation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-33

  Aird, A ^a   Wrachtrup, J ^a   Schulten, K ^b   Tietz, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; UBIQUINONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTON TRANSPORT; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 33846008719     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.084715     Document Type: Article

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