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Purple Membrane

Known as: Membrane, Purple, bacterial purple membrane, Purple Membranes 
Functionally and structurally differentiated, purple-pigmented regions of the cytoplasmic membrane of some strains of Halobacterium halobium. The… 
National Institutes of Health

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Bacteria, AnaerobicBacteriorhodopsinsHalobacterium salinariumMicrobiological

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Charting the surfaces of the purple membrane.
The preponderance of structural data of the purple membrane from X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron crystallography (EC), and… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Tertiary structure of bacteriorhodopsin. Positions and orientations of helices A and B in the structural map determined by neutron diffraction.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Effect of lipid surface charges on the purple-to-blue transition of bacteriorhodopsin.
Purple membrane (lambda max = 568 nm) can be converted to blue membrane (lambda max = 605 nm) by either acid titration or… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Time‐course and stoichiometry of light‐induced proton release and uptake during the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
SALT AND pH‐DEPENDENT CHANGES OF THE PURPLE MEMBRANE ABSORPTION SPECTRUM
Abstract —Purple membrane suspensions change their color to blue and the absorption maximum shifts to 608 nm when the membrane is… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Regeneration of the native bacteriorhodopsin structure from two chymotryptic fragments.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Transient and linear dichroism studies on bacteriorhodopsin: determination of the orientation of the 568 nm all-trans retinal chromophore.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Hydration effects on the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin in thin layers of purple membrane
THE purple membrane of Halobacterium halobium acts as a light-driven proton pump, producing a transmembrane proton gradient which… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Freeze-fractured purple membrane particles: protein content.
Optical diffraction and image reconstruction can be used to correlate the electron microscope image of the biological membrane… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Photophosphorylation in Halobacterium halobium.
Halobacterium halobium cells grown under semi-anaerobic conditions convert part of their cell membrane into "purple membrane… 
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