Crystal structure of a multilayer packed major light-harvesting complex: Implications for grana stacking in higher plants

Molecular Plant

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 916-919

  Wan, Tao ^a,b   Li, Mei ^a   Zhao, Xuelin ^a   Zhang, Jiping ^a   Liu, Zhenfeng ^a   Chang, Wenrui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THYLAKOID; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THYLAKOIDS;

EID: 84900482331     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssu005     Document Type: Letter

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