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Biosynthesis of the purple membrane of halobacteria.
Halobacteria are extremely specialized organisms. They live exclusively in saturated solutions of common salt. The cell membrane of these bacteria exhibit insular regions which can be isolated by membrane fractionation. These regions consist of a lipid matrix containing bateriorhodopsin molecules in a hexagonal crystalline arrangement. Bacteriorhodopsin is a deep purple retinal-protein complex ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(87)83387-8