Sub-5-fs real-time spectroscopy of transition states in bacteriorhodopsin during retinal isomerization

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 363-369

  Kobayashi, Takayoshi ^a,b,c,d   Yabushita, Atsushi ^a,c   Saito, Takashi ^a   Ohtani, Hiroyuki ^e   Tsuda, Motoyuki ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

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EID: 34247186363     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2006-08-19-IR-1006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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