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Contents list for Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, issue 12, 2003

Front Cover

Perspective
Diversity of visual pigments from the viewpoint of G protein activation—comparison with other G protein-coupled receptors
Yoshinori Shichida and Takahiro Yamashita,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, 1237
DOI: 10.1039/b300434a
Communication
Photoisomerization and isomer-specific addition of water in hydroxystilbenes
Taro Murohoshi, Kaoru Kaneda, Masashi Ikegami and Tatsuo Arai,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, 1247
DOI: 10.1039/b307957k
Papers
Photoisomerization acceleration in retinal protonated Schiff-base models
Adalgisa Sinicropi, Annapaola Migani, Luca De Vico and Massimo Olivucci,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, 1250
DOI: 10.1039/b307333p
Isomerization around a C
N double bond and a C
C double bond with a nitrogen atom attached: thermal and photochemical routes
Shmuel Zilberg and Yehuda Haas,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, 1256
DOI: 10.1039/b306137j
Spectral and photophysical characteristics of unsymmetric polymethine dyes as model compounds for the colour shift of visual pigments
Martin Sczepan, Wolfgang Rettig and Alexei I. Tolmachev,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, 1264
DOI: 10.1039/b305380f
New fluorescent probes for visual proteins. Part II. 5-(Oxo)penta-2,4-dienyl-p-(N,N-dimethylamino)benzoate
Vladislav Papper, Vladimir Kharlanov, Sandra Schädel, Dieter Maretzki and Wolfgang Rettig,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, 1272
DOI: 10.1039/b306235j
A green cone-like pigment in the
blind
mole-rat Spalax ehrenbergi: functional expression and photochemical characterization
Jannie W. H. Janssen, Zoë K. David-Gray, Petra H. M. Bovee-Geurts, Eviatar Nevo, Russell G. Foster and Willem J. DeGrip,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, 1287
DOI: 10.1039/b300059c
A step-by-step model of phototransduction cascade shows that Ca2+ regulation of guanylate cyclase accounts only for short-term changes of photoresponse
Andrea Moriondo and Giorgio Rispoli,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, 1292
DOI: 10.1039/b303871h
Studies on adenylate kinase isoform bound to disk membranes of the rod outer segment of bovine retina
Luigi Notari, Alessandro Morelli and Isidoro Mario Pepe,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, 1299
DOI: 10.1039/b306774m
Difference spectra measurement of squid rhodopsin in the submillimeter wave region
Akio Kishigami, Masatoshi Itoh, Tatsuo Nozokido, Hiroaki Minamide, Yasuo Tsukahara and Koji Mizuno,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, 1303
DOI: 10.1039/b300197k
Forum
Health benefits of solar UV-B radiation through the production of vitamin D
Comment and response
William B. Grant and Frank R. de Gruijl,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, 1307
DOI: 10.1039/b305583c
