An Azulenic Bacteriorhodopsin Analog Has Photoinduced Activity

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 867-869

  Druzhko, Anna B ^a,b   Vanderah, David J ^a   Robertson, Baldwin ^a   Weetall, Howard H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0030477766     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb01849.x     Document Type: Article

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