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Light-driven Ion Pumps and Sensors

In the Light-driven Ion Pumps and Sensors animation, the Halobacterium species is the subject under study. Halobacterium species have membranes that serve as solar panels and these solar panels contain pumps. The pumps use sunlight energy to pump protons out of the cell. This animation provides a visualization of how this process functions. ...

Keywords:: halobacterium, ATPase, proton pumps, bacteriorhodopsin, flagella

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Science and Technology / Biology / Microbiology

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Material Type:: Animation
Date Added to MERLOT:: November 19, 2013
Date Modified in MERLOT:: August 30, 2017
Authors:: Joan L. Slonczewski
John W. Foster
W. W. Norton & Co.
Submitter:: Jim Bidlack
Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
Technical Format:: Website

Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: Unknown
Creative Commons:: No

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