Light isomerizes the chromophore of bacteriorhodopsin

Pre-Lumirhodopsin and the Bleaching of Visual Pigments

1963 • 520 citations

Reversible Photolysis of the Purple Complex in the Purple Membrane of Halobacterium halobium

1973 • 351 citations

Resonance Raman studies of the purple membrane

1977 • 315 citations

Photoisomerization, energy storage, and charge separation: A model for light energy transduction in visual pigments and bacteriorhodopsin

1979 • 270 citations

THE MECHANISM OF BLEACHING RHODOPSIN

1958 • 241 citations

Identification of retinal isomers isolated from bacteriorhodopsin

1977 • 229 citations

Temperature and wavelength effects on the photochemistry of rhodopsin, isorhodopsin, bacteriorhodopsin and their photoproducts

1977 • 191 citations

Cis-trans isomerization in the photochemistry of vision

1977 • 150 citations

Photochemistry and dark equilibrium of retinal isomers and bacteriorhodopsin isomers

1977 • 146 citations

Primary intermediates in the photochemical cycle of bacteriorhodopsin

1978 • 140 citations

Ultraviolet and visible absorption spectra of the purple membrane protein and the photocycle intermediates

1978 • 127 citations

Photochemical cycle of bacteriorhodopsin studied by resonance Raman spectroscopy

1979 • 123 citations

Charge stabilization mechanism in the visual and purple membrane pigments.

1978 • 116 citations

The molecular mechanism of excitation in visual transduction and bacteriorhodopsin

1978 • 102 citations

Geometrical Isomerization of Vitamin A, Retinene and Retinene Oxime

1956 • 94 citations

Isomeric Composition of Retinal Chromophore in Dark-Adapted Bacteriorhodopsin1

1977 • 72 citations

More evidence that light isomerises the chromophore of purple membrane protein

1978 • 61 citations

Effect of high pressure on the absorption spectrum and isomeric composition of bacteriorhodopsin

1980 • 44 citations

Photochemical reaction of bacteriorhodopsin

1976 • 42 citations

Resonance Raman study of the dark-adapted form of the purple membrane protein

1979 • 25 citations

Bathoproducts of rhodopsin, isorhodopsin I, and isorhodopsin II

1980 • 20 citations

Light-Induced Formation of the 410 nm Intermediate from Reconstituted Bacteriorhodopsin

1977 • 9 citations