Thermal activation and photoactivation of visual pigments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3653-3662

  Ala Laurila, Petri ^a,c   Donner, Kristian ^b   Koskelainen, Ari ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CIS ISOMER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DARKNESS; ENERGY; GAS; HEAT; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA CONE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TRANS ISOMER; VERTEBRA; VIBRATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942567044     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.035626     Document Type: Article

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