Photoproducts of bacteriorhodopsin mutants: A molecular dynamics study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1347-1356

  Humphrey, William ^a   Bamberg, Ernst ^b   Schulten, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTON PUMP; RETINAL;

ARTICLE; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; HYDROGEN BOND; ILLUMINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOREACTIVITY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0031041820     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78781-2     Document Type: Article

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