Structural analysis of photosynthetic membranes by cryo-electron tomography of intact Rhodopseudomonas viridis cells

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-400

  Konorty, Marina ^a   Kahana, Nava ^a   Linaroudis, Alexandros ^b   Minsky, Abraham ^a   Medalia, Ohad ^c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cryo electron tomography; Intracellular membrane organization; Photosynthetic bacteria; Rhodopseudomonas viridis

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BLASTOCHLORIS VIRIDIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CRYOELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; TOMOGRAPHY;

BLASTOCHLORIS VIRIDIS; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 40649085591     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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