A conformational two-state peptide model system containing an ultrafast but soft light switch

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2099-2108

  Löweneck, Markus ^a   Milbradt, Alexander G ^a   Root, Christopher ^b   Satzger, Helmut ^b   Zinth, Wolfgang ^b   Moroder, Luis ^a   Renner, Christian ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHROMATOPHORE; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; CROSS LINKING; GEOMETRY; ISOMER; ISOMERIZATION; PHOTON; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LIGHT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DISULFIDE-ISOMERASE; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 33645980385     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.067363     Document Type: Article

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