Solid-state NMR spectroscopy to probe photoactivation in canonical phytochromes

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 259-273

  Song, Chen ^a,b   Rohmer, Thierry ^a   Tiersch, Markus ^c,d   Zaanen, Jan ^e   Hughes, Jon ^f   Matysik, Jörg ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^f JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; PROTON; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TETRAPYRROLES;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84874724670     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12029     Document Type: Review

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