The three-dimensional structures of bacterial reaction centers

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 87-98

  Olson, T L ^a   Williams, J C ^a   Allen, J P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastochloris viridis; Membrane protein; Protein purification; Rhodobacter sphaeroides; Spectroscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOCHLORIS VIRIDIS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84898830509     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-013-9821-6     Document Type: Review

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