The entropy generation in visual-pigment system by the absorption of light

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-70

  Ito, Etsuro ^a   Komatsu, Toshiro ^b   Suzuki, Hideo ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Information theory; Molecular orbital theory; Negentropy; Photoisomerization; Photoreception; Second law of thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; ENTROPY; LIGHT; RETINAL PIGMENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032483060     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(98)00165-3     Document Type: Article

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