Late events in the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin mutant L93A

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3848-3856

  Toth Boconadi R ^a   Keszthelyi, Lajos ^a   Stoeckenius, W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRICITY; EXCITATION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; ILLUMINATION; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 17444435414     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75112-1     Document Type: Article

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