Dimers of light-harvesting complex 2 from Rhodobacter sphaeroides characterized in reconstituted 2D crystals with atomic force microscopy

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3157-3166

  Liu, Lu Ning ^a,b   Aartsma, Thijs J ^a   Frese, Raoul N ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2D crystallization; Atomic force microscopy; Light harvesting complex 2; Polymorphism; Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEXES 2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 44349116040     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06469.x     Document Type: Article

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