Observations of light-induced structural changes of retinal within rhodopsin

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6788, 2000, Pages 810-813

  Gröbner, Gerhard ^a,b   Burnett, Ian J ^a   Glaubitz, Clemens ^a   Choi, Gregory ^a,c   Mason, A James ^a   Watts, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11 CIS RETINAL; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOMERISM; LIGHT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RETINALDEHYDE; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 0041925521     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35015604     Document Type: Article

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