Determination of the orientational distribution and orientation factor for transfer between membrane-bound fluorophores using a confocal microscope

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1032-1045

  Corry, Ben ^a   Jayatilaka, Dylan ^a   Martinac, Boris ^b,c   Rigby, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROPHORE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ORIENTATION;

EID: 33746671940     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.080713     Document Type: Article

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