Spectral tuning in salamander visual pigments studied with dihydroretinal chromophores

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1024-1035

  Makino, C L ^a   Groesbeek, M ^b,d   Lugtenburg, J ^b   Baylor, D A ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TGC CERFNET   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11 CIS RETINAL; OPSIN; RETINAL; SCHIFF BASE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHROMATOPHORE; NONHUMAN; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032781030     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)76953-5     Document Type: Article

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