Long-range organization of bacteriochlorophyll in chlorosomes of Chlorobium tepidum investigated by cryo-electron microscopy

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 28, 2007, Pages 5435-5439

  Oostergetel, Gert T ^a   Reus, Michael ^b   Gomez Maqueo Chew, Aline ^c   Bryant, Donald A ^c   Boekema, Egbert J ^a   Holzwarth, Alfred R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll c; Bacteriochlorophyll d; Chlorobium tepidum; Chlorosome; Cryo electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHLOROBIUM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CHLOROBIUM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES;

CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM;

EID: 36049004345     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.10.045     Document Type: Article

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