Structure of chlorosomes from the green filamentous bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6701-6708

  Pšenčík, Jakub ^a   Collins, Aaron M ^b   Liljeroos, Lassi ^c   Torkkeli, Mika ^d   Laurinmäki, Pasi ^c   Ansink, Hermanus M ^c,f   Ikonen, Teemu P ^d,g   Serimaa, Ritva E ^d   Blankenship, Robert E ^b   Tuma, Roman ^c,e   Butcher, Sarah J ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; DIMER; PROTEIN CSMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHLOROFLEXUS; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAMELLAR BODY; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORES; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROFLEXUS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; ORGANELLES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS;

EID: 70350438412     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00690-09     Document Type: Article

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