Spectroscopic characterization of bacteriorhodopsin's L-intermediate in 3D crystals cooled to 170 K

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 794-804

  Royant, Antoine ^a,b   Edman, Karl ^c   Ursby, Thomas ^d   Pebay Peyroula, Eva ^a   Landau, Ehud M ^e   Neutze, Richard ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYSTAL; DECOMPOSITION; ILLUMINATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; COLD; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0035790044     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)074<0794:SCOBSL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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