C-type cytochromes in the photosynthetic electron transfer pathways in green sulfur bacteria and heliobacteria

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-199

  Azai, Chihiro ^a   Tsukatani, Yusuke ^b   Itoh, Shigeru ^c   Oh oka, Hirozo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytochrome; Electron transfer; Green sulfur bacteria; Heliobacteria; Reaction center

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROBI; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROBI; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CHLOROBI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77953651773     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9521-4     Document Type: Review

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