Characterization of the primary photochemistry of proteorhodopsin with femtosecond spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4020-4030

  Rupenyan, Alisa ^a   Van Stokkum, Ivo H M ^a   Arents, Jos C ^b   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^a   Hellingwerf, Klaas ^a,b   Groot, Marie Louise ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEORHODOPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOPSIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 43849109038     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.121376     Document Type: Article

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