Time-resolved detection of transient movement of helices F and G in doubly spin-labeled bacteriorhodopsin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2856-2866

  Radzwill, Nicole ^a   Gerwert, Klaus ^a   Steinhoff, Heinz Jürgen ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; NITROXIDE; PROTON PUMP;

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; KINETICS; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPIN LABELING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035016932     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76252-2     Document Type: Article

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