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    Photochemistry and Photobiology: Volume 83, Issue 2

    225-470
    March/April 2007
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Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Retinal Proteins held at Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan on 4–8 June 2006 Introduction

Motoyuki Tsuda, 
  • Page: 225
  • First Published: 26 April 2007
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Photoisomerization in Proteorhodopsin Mutant D97N†

Martin O. Lenz,  Andreas C. Woerner,  Clemens Glaubitz,  Josef Wachtveitl, 
  • Pages: 226-231
  • First Published: 28 March 2007
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X-Ray Crystallographic Analysis of 9-cis-Rhodopsin, a Model Analogue Visual Pigment†

Hitoshi Nakamichi,  Tetsuji Okada, 
  • Pages: 232-235
  • First Published: 26 April 2007
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Modulation of the Absorption Maximum of Rhodopsin by Amino Acids in the C-terminus†

Shozo Yokoyama,  Takashi Tada,  Takahisa Yamato, 
  • Pages: 236-241
  • First Published: 28 March 2007
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Origin of the Vertebrate Visual Cycle†

Noriko Takimoto,  Takehiro Kusakabe,  Motoyuki Tsuda, 
  • Pages: 242-247
  • First Published: 27 February 2007
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Photoreceptive Systems in Ascidians†

Takehiro Kusakabe,  Motoyuki Tsuda, 
  • Pages: 248-252
  • First Published: 27 February 2007
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Surface and Dynamic Structures of Bacteriorhodopsin in a 2D Crystal, a Distorted or Disrupted Lattice, as Revealed by Site-directed Solid-state 13C NMR†

Hazime Saitô,  Yasuharu Kawase,  Atushi Kira,  Kazutoshi Yamamoto,  Michikazu Tanio,  Satoru Yamaguchi,  Satoru Tuzi,  Akira Naito, 
  • Pages: 253-262
  • First Published: 26 April 2007
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Analysis of Light-Induced Conformational Changes of Natronomonas pharaonis Sensory Rhodopsin II by Time Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy†

Enrica Bordignon,  Johann P. Klare,  Julia Holterhues,  Swetlana Martell,  Aliaksei Krasnaberski,  Martin Engelhard,  Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff, 
  • Pages: 263-272
  • First Published: 27 February 2007
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Melanopsin Triggers the Release of Internal Calcium Stores in Response to Light†

T. Kumbalasiri,  M. D. Rollag,  M. C. Isoldi,  A. M. de Lauro Castrucci,  I. Provencio, 
  • Pages: 273-280
  • First Published: 27 February 2007
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Array of Aromatic Amino Acid Side Chains Located Near the Chromophore of Photoactive Yellow Protein†

Tomokazu Morishita,  Miki Harigai,  Yoichi Yamazaki,  Hironari Kamikubo,  Mikio Kataoka,  Yasushi Imamoto, 
  • Pages: 280-286
  • First Published: 28 March 2007
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Coupling of Protonation Switches During Rhodopsin Activation†

Reiner Vogel,  Thomas P. Sakmar,  Mordechai Sheves,  Friedrich Siebert, 
  • Pages: 286-292
  • First Published: 26 April 2007
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Interaction of the Halobacterial Transducer to a Halorhodopsin Mutant Engineered so as to Bind the Transducer: Cl− Circulation Within the Extracellular Channel†

Chisa Hasegawa,  Takashi Kikukawa,  Seiji Miyauchi,  Akiteru Seki,  Yuki Sudo,  Megumi Kubo,  Makoto Demura,  Naoki Kamo, 
  • Pages: 293-302
  • First Published: 27 February 2007
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Spectral Tuning of Shortwave-sensitive Visual Pigments in Vertebrates†

David M. Hunt,  Lívia S. Carvalho,  Jill A. Cowing,  Juliet W. L. Parry,  Susan E. Wilkie,  Wayne L. Davies,  James K. Bowmaker, 
  • Pages: 303-310
  • First Published: 14 March 2007
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Application of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) to Investigation of Light-Induced Conformational Changes of the Phoborhodopsin/Transducer Complex†

Yukinori Taniguchi,  Tatsuya Ikehara,  Naoki Kamo,  Yasutaka Watanabe,  Hiroshi Yamasaki,  Yoshinori Toyoshima, 
  • Pages: 311-316
  • First Published: 26 April 2007
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Patch-clamp Recording of Human Retinal Photoreceptors and Bipolar Cells†

Mahito Ohkuma,  Fusao Kawai,  Masayuki Horiguchi,  Ei-Ichi Miyachi, 
  • Pages: 317-322
  • First Published: 27 February 2007
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Spectral Tuning of Photoactive Yellow Protein†

T. Yamato,  T. Ishikura,  T. Kakitani,  K. Kawaguchi,  H. Watanabe, 
  • Pages: 323-327
  • First Published: 27 February 2007
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Tryptophan 171 in Pharaonis Phoborhodopsin (Sensory Rhodopsin II) Interacts with the Chromophore Retinal and its Substitution with Alanine or Threonine Slowed Down the Decay of M- and O-intermediate†

Tatsuo Iwasa,  Eisuke Abe,  Yuki Yakura,  Hideaki Yoshida,  Naoki Kamo, 
  • Pages: 328-335
  • First Published: 28 March 2007
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Preparation of Large Crystals of Photoactive Yellow Protein for Neutron Diffraction and High Resolution Crystal Structure Analysis†

Shigeo Yamaguchi,  Hironari Kamikubo,  Nobutaka Shimizu,  Yoichi Yamazaki,  Yasushi Imamoto,  Mikio Kataoka, 
  • Pages: 336-338
  • First Published: 27 February 2007
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Participation of the Surface Structure of Pharaonis Phoborhodopsin, ppR and its A149S and A149V mutants, Consisting of the C-terminal α-helix and E–F Loop, in the Complex-formation with the Cognate Transducer pHtrII, as Revealed by Site-directed 13C Solid-state NMR†

Izuru Kawamura,  Yoichi Ikeda,  Yuki Sudo,  Masayuki Iwamoto,  Kazumi Shimono,  Satoru Yamaguchi,  Satoru Tuzi,  Hazime Saitô,  Naoki Kamo,  Akira Naito, 
  • Pages: 339-345
  • First Published: 27 February 2007
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Pressure-induced Isomerization of Retinal on Bacteriorhodopsin as Disclosed by Fast Magic Angle Spinning NMR†

Izuru Kawamura,  Yoshiaki Degawa,  Satoru Yamaguchi,  Katsuyuki Nishimura,  Satoru Tuzi,  Hazime Saitô,  Akira Naito, 
  • Pages: 346-350
  • First Published: 27 February 2007
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Comparison of Stability Predictions and Simulated Unfolding of Rhodopsin Structures†

Oznur Tastan,  Esther Yu,  Madhavi Ganapathiraju,  Anes Aref,  A. J. Rader,  Judith Klein-Seetharaman, 
  • Pages: 351-363
  • First Published: 14 March 2007
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Sub-5-fs Real-time Spectroscopy of Transition States in Bacteriorhodopsin During Retinal Isomerization†

Takayoshi Kobayashi,  Atsushi Yabushita,  Takashi Saito,  Hiroyuki Ohtani,  Motoyuki Tsuda, 
  • Pages: 363-369
  • First Published: 28 March 2007
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The Crystal Structure of the L1 Intermediate of Halorhodopsin at 1.9 Å Resolution†

Walter Gmelin,  Kornelius Zeth,  Ruslan Efremov,  Joachim Heberle,  Jörg Tittor,  Dieter Oesterhelt, 
  • Pages: 369-377
  • First Published: 26 April 2007
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Picosecond Multidimensional Fluorescence Spectroscopy: A Tool to Measure Real-time Protein Dynamics During Function†

Tai-Yang Kim,  Kathrin Winkler,  Ulrike Alexiev, 
  • Pages: 378-385
  • First Published: 28 March 2007
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N-terminal and C-terminal Domains of Arrestin Both Contribute in Binding to Rhodopsin†

Darko Skegro,  Alexander Pulvermüller,  Bianca Krafft,  Joachim Granzin,  Klaus Peter Hofmann,  Georg Büldt,  Ramona Schlesinger, 
  • Pages: 385-393
  • First Published: 28 March 2007
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Integrated Optical Switching Based on the Protein Bacteriorhodopsin†

András Dér,  Sándor Valkai,  László Fábián,  Pál Ormos,  Jeremy J. Ramsden,  Elmar K. Wolff, 
  • Pages: 393-396
  • First Published: 27 February 2007
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Ultrafast Dynamics of Photoactive Yellow Protein via the Photoexcitation and Emission Processes†

Ryosuke Nakamura,  Norio Hamada,  Hideki Ichida,  Fumio Tokunaga,  Yasuo Kanematsu, 
  • Pages: 397-402
  • First Published: 28 March 2007
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Dynamic Holography in Bacteriorhodopsin/Gelatin Films: Effects of Light–Dark Adaptation at Different Humidity†

Elena Korchemskaya,  Nikolai Burykin,  Svitlana Bugaychuk,  Olena Maksymova,  Thomas Ebrey,  Sergei Balashov, 
  • Pages: 403-408
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Invited Review

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Photodecomposition of Vitamin A and Photobiological Implications for the Skin†

Peter P. Fu,  Qingsu Xia,  Jun Jie Yin,  Shu-Hui Cherng,  Jian Yan,  Nan Mei,  Tao Chen,  Mary D. Boudreau,  Paul C. Howard,  Wayne G. Wamer, 
  • Pages: 409-424
  • First Published: 26 April 2007

Research Articles

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Radiometric Quantities and Units Used in Photobiology and Photochemistry: Recommendations of the Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage (International Commission on Illumination)

David H. Sliney, 
  • Pages: 425-432
  • First Published: 27 February 2007
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Sensitivity of Erythemally Effective UV Irradiance and Daily Exposure to Uncertainties in Measured Total Ozone

Alois W. Schmalwieser,  Günther Schauberger,  Thilo Erbertseder,  Michal Janouch,  Gerrie J. R. Coetzee,  Philipp Weihs, 
  • Pages: 433-444
  • First Published: 26 April 2007
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Fluence Rate or Cumulative Dose? Vulnerability of Larval Northern Pike (Esox lucius) to Ultraviolet Radiation

E.-R. Vehniäinen,  Jani M. Häkkinen,  Aimo O. J. Oikari, 
  • Pages: 444-449
  • First Published: 27 February 2007
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Blue-Violet Excited Autofluorescence Spectroscopy and Imaging of Normal and Cancerous Human Bronchial Tissue after Formalin Fixation

Tanja Gabrecht,  Snezana Andrejevic-Blant,  Georges Wagnières, 
  • Pages: 450-459
  • First Published: 14 March 2007
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Darkness at Noon: Sunscreens and Vitamin D3

Robert M. Sayre,  John C. Dowdy, 
  • Pages: 459-463
  • First Published: 27 February 2007

Rapid Communication

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Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Hexaphenylbenzene-based Self-assembled Porphyrin-fullerene Triad

Yuichi Terazono,  Gerdenis Kodis,  Paul A. Liddell,  Vikas Garg,  Miguel Gervaldo,  Thomas A. Moore,  Ana L. Moore,  Devens Gust, 
  • Pages: 464-469
  • First Published: 27 February 2007

Erratum

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Primary Processes During the Light-signal Transduction of Phototropin

Daisuke Matsuoka,  Tatsuya Iwata,  Kazunori Zikihara,  Hideki Kandori,  Satoru Tokutomi, 
  • Page: 470
  • First Published: 26 April 2007