Femtosecond carotenoid to retinal energy transfer in xanthorhodopsin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2268-2277

  Polívka, Tomáš ^a,b   Balashov, Sergei P ^c   Chábera, Pavel ^a   Imasheva, Eleonora S ^c   Yartsev, Arkady ^d   Sundström, Villy ^d   Lanyi, Janos K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; RHODOPSIN; SALINIXANTHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE; XANTHORHODOPSIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BORANE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSIDE; METHANOL; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; XANTHORHODOPSIN, SALINIBACTER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; SALINIBACTER RUBER; SPHINGOBACTERIALES; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALINIBACTER RUBER;

ABSORPTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BOROHYDRIDES; CAROTENOIDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GLYCOSIDES; KINETICS; METHANOL; RHODOPSINS, MICROBIAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 66149084418     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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