Mechanism of signal propagation upon retinal isomerization: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations of rhodopsin restrained by normal modes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 789-803

  Isin, Basak ^a   Schulten, Klaus ^b,c   Tajkhorshid, Emad ^b   Bahar, Ivet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; ISOMERISM; LIGHT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOMERISM; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETINALDEHYDE;

EID: 47749099638     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.120691     Document Type: Article

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