Low-frequency dynamics of biological molecules studied by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

Spectroscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 153-158

  Kawaguchi, Shintaro ^a   Kambara, Ohki ^a   Ponseca Jr , Carlito S ^a   Shibata, Mikihiro ^b   Kandori, Hideki ^b   Tominaga, Keisuke ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Globular protein; Terahertz time domain spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; ANHARMONIC; BACTERIORHODOPSIN (BR); BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; DYNAMICAL TRANSITION; GLOBULAR PROTEINS; LOW FREQUENCY DYNAMICS; LOW-FREQUENCY MODES; LOW-FREQUENCY SPECTRA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; THZ SPECTRUM; VIBRATIONAL DENSITY OF STATE;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMOLECULES; HYDRATES; MOLECULES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; PLASMONS; REFLECTOMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

ALBUMIN; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; GLYCINE; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; GLYCYLGLYCYLGLYCYLGLYCINE; LACTOFERRIN; LYSOZYME; MYOGLOBIN; TRIGLYCINE; TRYPSIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77953787313     PISSN: 07124813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/SPE-2010-0423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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