Insights into the complex 3-D architecture of thylakoid membranes in the unicellular cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 566-569

  Liberton, Michelle ^a   Austin II , Jotham R ^b   Howard Berg, R ^c   Pakrasi, Himadri B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Cyanobacteria; Cyanothece 51142; Electron tomography; Thylakoid membrane

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHLOROPLAST; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; THYLAKOID; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHLOROPLASTS; CYANOBACTERIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THYLAKOIDS;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOTHECE; CYANOTHECE SP. ATCC 51142;

EID: 79955602317     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.4.14946     Document Type: Article

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