Direct measurement of the photoelectric response time of bacteriorhodopsin via electro-optic sampling

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1128-1134

  Xu, J ^a   Stickrath, A B ^a   Bhattacharya, P ^a   Nees, J ^a   Varo G ^b   Hillebrecht, J R ^c   Ren, L ^c   Birge, R R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXCITATION; ISOMERISM; MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFLECTOMETRY; RESPONSE TIME;

EID: 0042344813     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74549-4     Document Type: Article

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