Proteorhodopsins: An array of physiological roles?

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 488-494

  Fuhrman, Jed A ^a   Schwalbach, Michael S ^b   Stingl, Ulrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Synthetic Genomics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CHLOROPHYLL A; PROTEORHODOPSIN; PROTON PUMP; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MARINE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOLAR ENERGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOBIOLOGY; RHODOPSIN;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 43849084187     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1893     Document Type: Article

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