Steric hindrance between chromophore substituents as the driving force of rhodopsin photoisomerization: 10-methyl-13-demethyl retinal containing rhodopsin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 181-186

  Koch, Daniel ^a   Gärtner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

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ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031051438     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb01896.x     Document Type: Article

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