The petite purple photosynthetic powerpack

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 400-407

  Jones, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Membrane protein; Photosynthesis; Purple bacterium; Reaction centre; Rhodobacter

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY; SUNLIGHT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 65549147192     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0370400     Document Type: Review

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