Overexpression and characterization of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides PufX membrane protein in Escherichia coli

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-144

  Onodera, Shiho ^a   Suzuki, Hiroaki ^b   Shimada, Yuichiro ^a   Kobayashi, Masayuki ^c   Nozawa, Tsunenori ^d   Wang, Zheng Yu ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ARIAKE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; B800 850 LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX, BACTERIA; B800-850 LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX, BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; GLUCOSIDE; HISTIDINE; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX 1, RHODOSPIRILLUM; LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX 1, RHODOSPIRILLUM; OCTYL BETA GLUCOSIDE; OCTYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE; PUFX PROTEIN, RHODOBACTER; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSIDES; HISTIDINE; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN BINDING; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 33947634434     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2006-01-30-RA-789     Document Type: Conference Paper

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