Out of the blue: The photocycle of the photoactive yellow protein

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 735-739

  Schlichting, Ilme ^a   Berendzen, Joel ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031570664     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00228-1     Document Type: Review

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