Photoreduction of bacteriorhodopsin Schiff base at low humidity. A study with C13=C14 nonisomerizable artificial pigments

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 668-674

  Aharoni, Amir ^a   Ottolenghi, Michael ^b   Sheves, Mordechai ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PIGMENT; SCHIFF BASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; RETINAL;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARIUM; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RETINA; CHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; HUMIDITY; ISOMERISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RETINALDEHYDE; SCHIFF BASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0036598638     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)075<0668:POBSBA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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