Structural refinement of a key tryptophan residue in the BLUF photoreceptor AppA by ultraviolet resonance raman spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1949-1956

  Unno, Masashi ^a,b   Kikuchi, Sadato ^a   Masuda, Shinji ^b,c  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 77952259197     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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