The Q-cycle reviewed: How well does a monomeric mechanism of the bc1 complex account for the function of a dimeric complex?

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics - Tập 1777 Số 7-8 - Trang 1001-1019 - 2008
Antony R. Crofts1, J. Todd Holland2, Doreen Victoria1, Derrick R.J. Kolling2, Sergei A. Dikanov3, Ryan Gilbreth2, Sangmoon Lhee2, Richard Kuras2, Mariana Guergova Kuras2
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA
2Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA
3Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA

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