Bacteriorhodopsin: Mutating a biomaterial into an optoelectronic material

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 633-639

  Hampp, N A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; BIOMATERIAL; PROTON PUMP;

CHROMATOPHORE; ELECTRONICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PURPLE MEMBRANE; SHORT SURVEY;

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

EID: 0033949471     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002539900311     Document Type: Short Survey

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