Absorbance Changes by Aromatic Amino Acid Side Chains in Early Rhodopsin Photointermediates

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 741-746

  Lewis, James W ^a   Jäger, Stefan ^a   Kliger, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

AMINO ACID; DETERGENT; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DETERGENTS; PHOTOLYSIS; RHODOPSIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031301708     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb03218.x     Document Type: Article

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