Accurate FRET measurements within single diffusing biomolecules using alternating-laser excitation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2939-2953

  Lee, Nam Ki ^a,b,d   Kapanidis, Achillefs N ^a,e   Wang, You ^a,b   Michalet, Xavier ^a,b   Mukhopadhyay, Jayanta ^c   Ebright, Richard H ^c   Weiss, Shimon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ACCURACY; ALTERNATING LASER EXCITATION; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION; DNA STRUCTURE; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER; MODEL; MOLECULE; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM YIELD; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 22144492905     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.054114     Document Type: Article

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