Electron paramagnetic resonance study of radiation damage in photosynthetic reaction center crystals

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 9251-9257

  Utschig, Lisa M ^a   Chemerisov, Sergey D ^a   Tiede, David M ^a   Poluektov, Oleg G ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FREE RADICALS; LIGHT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POWDERS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION; RADIATION DAMAGE; RESONANCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; RADIATION DOSES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

FREE RADICAL; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; IRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 50849108837     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi800574e     Document Type: Article

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