Suppressor mutation analysis of the sensory rhodopsin I-transducer complex: Insights into the color-sensing mechanism

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2033-2042

  Jung, Kwang Hwan ^a   Spudich, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ALLELE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031922353     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.8.2033-2042.1998     Document Type: Article

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