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Radiative emission has been observed from the retinylidene chromophore of bacteriorhodopsin, the purple membrane protein of Halobacterium halobium.
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Lewis, A., Spoonhower, J. & Perreault, G. Observation of light emission from a rhodopsin. Nature 260, 675–678 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/260675a0
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