Atomic force microscopy of the bacterial photosynthetic apparatus: Plain pictures of an elaborate machinery

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-211

  Scheuring, Simon ^a   Sturgis, James N ^b  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

AFM; ICM; LH1; LH2; Membrane structure; Photosynthetic apparatus; PSU; RC; Supramolecular assembly

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTON; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LIGHT; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; LIGHT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 76149120830     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9413-7     Document Type: Review

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