Probing and modeling the absorption of retinal protein chromophores in vacuo

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1790-1793

  Rajput, Jyoti ^a   Rahbek, Dennis B ^a   Andersen, Lars H ^a   Hirshfeld, Amiram ^b   Sheves, Mordechai ^b   Altoè, Piero ^c   Orlandi, Giorgio ^c   Garavelli, Marco ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Absorption spectra; Gas phase; Retinal chromophores; Rhodopsins

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; GAS-PHASE RETINAL CHROMOPHORES; GAS-PHASE VALUES; GASPHASE; HIGH RESOLUTION ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; RETINAL PIGMENT; RETINAL PROTEINS; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHROMOPHORES; GAS ABSORPTION; GASES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROTEINS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

RHODOPSIN;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR PROBE;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 77749292481     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200905061     Document Type: Article

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