The nature of the delocalized cations in azulenic bacteriorhodopsin analogs

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 837-845

  Muthyala, Rajeev ^a   Watanabe, Dana ^a   Asato, Alfred E ^a   Liu, Robert S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZULENE; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CATION; CYANINE DYE; PIGMENT; PROTEIN; SCHIFF BASE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; COLOR; HYBRID; PROTON TRANSPORT;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; CATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RETINALDEHYDE; SCHIFF BASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0035790306     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)074<0837:TNOTDC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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