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Title: The Semiquinone at the Q i Site of the bc 1 Complex Explored Using HYSCORE Spectroscopy and Specific Isotopic Labeling of Ubiquinone in Rhodobacter sphaeroides via 13 C Methionine and Construction of a Methionine Auxotroph

Journal Article · · Biochemistry
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/bi500654y· OSTI ID:1158872
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  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
  2. School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
  3. Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
  4. V. V. Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
  5. Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-08ER15960; FG02-87ER13716
OSTI ID:
1158872
Journal Information:
Biochemistry, Journal Name: Biochemistry Vol. 53 Journal Issue: 38; ISSN 0006-2960
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 13 works
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