Chlorophyll dichroism of three-dimensional crystals of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a /b -protein complex
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The structure of membrane crystals of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein complex
Membrane crystals of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein complex from pea chloroplasts were investigated using electron microscopy and image analysis. The membrane crystals formed upon precipitation of the detergent-solubilized complex with mono- and divalent cations in the presence of small amounts of Triton X-100. The crystalline fraction contained two polypeptides of 25,000 and 27,0...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEBS Letters
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0014-5793
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)81438-8