Comparison of the physical characteristics of chlorosomes from three different phyla of green phototrophic bacteria

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1827, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1235-1244

  Adams, Peter G ^a   Cadby, Ashley J ^a   Robinson, Benjamin ^a   Tsukatani, Yusuke ^b   Tank, Marcus ^b   Wen, Jianzhong ^c   Blankenship, Robert E ^c   Bryant, Donald A ^b,d   Hunter, C Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Bacterial photosynthesis; Chlorosome; Fluorescence microscopy; Light harvesting

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL;

ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLORACIDOBACTERIUM THERMOPHILUM; CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; CHLOROSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM; CHLOROFLEXUS; PHOTOBACTERIA; THERMOPHILUM;

EID: 84881008838     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: 18792650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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