A model of the protein-pigment baseplate complex in chlorosomes of photosynthetic green bacteria

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-243

  Pedersen, Marie O ^a,b   Linnanto, Juha ^c   Frigaard, Niels Ulrik ^d   Nielsen, Niels Chr ^a,b   Miller, Mette ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baseplate; Chlorosome; CsmA; Molecular modeling; Photosynthetic antenna

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROBIUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLOROBIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBIUM;

EID: 77953649398     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9519-y     Document Type: Review

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