Chemistry: Probing the ultrafast charge translocation of photoexcited retinal in bacteriorhodopsin

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5736, 2005, Pages 917-920

  Schenkl, S ^a   Van Mourik, F ^a   Van Der Zwan, G ^b   Haacke, S ^a,c   Chergui, M ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BACTERIA; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS;

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; DIPOLE MOMENTS; RETINAL ISOMERIZATION; ULTRAFAST CHARGE TRANSLOCATION;

ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; TRYPTOPHAN; RETINAL;

ELECTRIC FIELD;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIPOLE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; VIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RETINALDEHYDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 23244431748     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1111482     Document Type: Article

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