Vibrational Stark Effects Calibrate the Sensitivity of Vibrational Probes for Electric Fields in Proteins

Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 41, 2003, Pages 12050-12055

  Suydam, Ian T ^a   Boxer, Steven G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIBRATIONAL PROBES;

CARBON; DEUTERIUM; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

PROTEINS;

AZIDE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; DEUTERIUM; FLUORINE; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRILE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATION;

2-NAPHTHYLAMINE; AZIDES; CALIBRATION; CARBON; DEUTERIUM; DINITROFLUOROBENZENE; ELECTROSTATICS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUORINE; ISOCYANATES; NITRILES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 0142072231     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0352926     Document Type: Article

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