Time-resolved Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of the polarizable proton continua and the proton pump mechanism of bacteriorhodopsin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 961-971

  Wang, Jianping ^a   El Sayed, Mostafa A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; PROTON PUMP; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; MUS;

EID: 0035144631     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76075-4     Document Type: Article

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