Transient channel-opening in bacteriorhodopsin: An EPR study

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 951-957

  Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E ^a   Xiao, Wenzhong ^a   Brown, Leonid S ^b   Needleman, Richard ^c   Lanyi, Janos K ^b   Shin, Yeon Kyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Photocycle; Retinal proteins; Spin labels

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; SCHIFF BASE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HALOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SPIN LABELING;

EID: 0031567784     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1362     Document Type: Editorial

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