Structure and Flexibility of the C-Ring in the Electromotor of Rotary FoF1-ATPase of Pea Chloroplasts

Shai Saroussi; Maya Schushan; Nir Ben-Tal; Wolfgang Junge; Nathan Nelson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043045

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Structure and Flexibility of the C-Ring in the Electromotor of Rotary F_oF₁-ATPase of Pea Chloroplasts

Shai Saroussi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shai Saroussi, Maya Schushan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
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Maya Schushan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shai Saroussi, Maya Schushan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
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Nir Ben-Tal,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
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Wolfgang Junge,

Affiliation Division of Biophysics, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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Nathan Nelson

* E-mail: nelson@post.tau.ac.il

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
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Structure and Flexibility of the C-Ring in the Electromotor of Rotary F_oF₁-ATPase of Pea Chloroplasts

Shai Saroussi,
Maya Schushan,
Nir Ben-Tal,
Wolfgang Junge,
Nathan Nelson

Published: September 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043045

About the Authors

Shai Saroussi

Contributed equally to this work with: Shai Saroussi, Maya Schushan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel

Maya Schushan

Contributed equally to this work with: Shai Saroussi, Maya Schushan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel

Nir Ben-Tal

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel

Wolfgang Junge

Affiliation Division of Biophysics, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

Nathan Nelson

* E-mail: nelson@post.tau.ac.il

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS MS WJ NN. Performed the experiments: SS MS. Analyzed the data: SS MS WJ NN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NBT NN. Wrote the paper: SS MS NBT WJ NN.

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