Time-resolved step-scan Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy reveals differences between early and late M intermediates of bacteriorhodopsin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2687-2701

  Rodig C ^a   Chizhov, I ^b   Weidlich, O ^a   Siebert, F ^a,c  

^a Inst Biophysik Strahl Biol U   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; SCHIFF BASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; INFRARED RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0041417311     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77421-7     Document Type: Article

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