Photons, femtoseconds and dipolar interactions: A molecular picture of the primary events in vision

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 224, Issue , 1999, Pages 70-89

  Mathies, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHOTON; PHYSIOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; VISION;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; OPSIN; PHOTONS; RHODOPSIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; VISION;

EID: 0033251223     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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