Tryptophan fluorescence in the Bacillus subtilis phototropin-related protein YtvA as a marker of interdomain interaction

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 150-153

  Losi, Aba ^a,b   Ternelli, Elena ^a   Gärtner, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; PHOTOTROPIN; PROTEIN YTVA; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUANTUM YIELD;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; KINETICS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4644303602     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2004-03-17-RC-116.1     Document Type: Article

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