Photobiology of microorganisms: How photosensors catch a photon to initialize signalling

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 683-693

  Hellingwerf, Klaas J ^a   Hoff, Wouter D ^a,b   Crielaard, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN; PHOTOACTIVE YELLOW PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME;

COLOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; HALOBACTERIUM; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CHROMATOPHORE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENE PRODUCT; HY4 GENE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROORGANISM; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTAXIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRA; ESCHERICHIA; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOPHILA; HALORHODOSPIRA HALOPHILA;

EID: 0029743968     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.411402.x     Document Type: Review

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