Structural and energetic determinants of primary proton transfer in bacteriorhodopsin

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 547-552

  Bondar, Ana Nicoleta ^a   Smith, Jeremy C ^a   Fischer, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

EID: 33745099339     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b516451f     Document Type: Article

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