Intrinsic curvature properties of photosynthetic proteins in chromatophores

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2822-2836

  Chandler, Danielle E ^a,b   Hsin, Jen ^a,b   Harrison, Christopher B ^b   Gumbart, James ^a,b   Schulten, Klaus ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 55549109763     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.132852     Document Type: Article

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