Femtosecond structural dynamics drives the trans/cis isomerization in photoactive yellow protein

Kanupriya Pande1, Christopher D M Hutchison2, Gerrit Groenhof3

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA. Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 7, 2016
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