Incoherent manipulation of the photoactive yellow protein photocycle with dispersed pump-dump-probe spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1858-1872

  Larsen, Delmar S ^a,c   Van Stokkum, Ivo H M ^a   Vengris, Mikas ^a   Van Der Horst, Michael A ^b   De Weerd, Frank L ^a   Hellingwerf, Klaas J ^b   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOACTIVE YELLOW PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HALORHODOSPIRA HALOPHILA; IONIZATION; LASER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOCYCLE DYNAMICS; PHOTODYNAMICS; PUMP DUMP PROBE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; TWO PHOTON IONIZATION CHANNEL;

ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRA; HALOPHILA; HALORHODOSPIRA; HALORHODOSPIRA HALOPHILA;

EID: 4444233231     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.043794     Document Type: Article

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