Inherent chirality of the retinal chromophore in rhodopsin - A nonempirical theoretical analysis of chiroptical data

Chirality

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-23

  Buss, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ab initio; Bathorhodopsin; CASSCF; Chirality; GAUSSIAN CIS; Retinals; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

11 CIS RETINAL; RETINAL; RHODOPSIN; SCHIFF BASE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; RETINALDEHYDE; RHODOPSIN; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0035177990     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-636X(2001)13:1<13::AID-CHIR4>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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