Simulation analysis of the retinal conformational equilibrium in dark- adapted bacteriorhodopsin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1909-1917

  Baudry, Jérôme ^a,e   Crouzy, Serge ^b   Roux, Benoît ^c   Smith, Jeremy C ^a,d  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHROMATOPHORE; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DARK ADAPTATION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032996356     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77349-2     Document Type: Article

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