Abstract
The main goal of this thesis was to investigate the supramolecular architecture of a photosynthetic membrane from Rhodobacter sphaeroides purple bacteria cells. This is extremely timely, since we now know all of the structures of photosynthetic pigment-protein LH and RC complexes, ATP-synthase and bacterial cytochrome bc1 complexes. We employed tapping mode AFM imaging in liquid in order to obtain and analyze high-resolution topographs of photosynthetic membrane proteins in their native lipid bilayer environment.
Original language | English |
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Award date | 4 Mar 2005 |
Place of Publication | Enschede |
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Print ISBNs | 90-365-2154-8 |
Publication status | Published - 4 Mar 2005 |
Keywords
- METIS-223813