Variable LH2 stoichiometry and core clustering in native membranes of Rhodospirillum photometricum

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4127-4133

  Scheuring, Simon ^a   Rigaud, Jean Louis ^a   Sturgis, James N ^b  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

AFM; Bacterial photosynthesis; Light harvesting; Membrane protein organization; PSU

Indexed keywords

UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOSPIRILLUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM PHOTOMETRICUM; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOSPIRILLUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOSPIRILLUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM PHOTOMETRICUM;

EID: 9144264281     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600429     Document Type: Article

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