Tetrahydrofuran activates fluorescence resonant energy transfer from a cationic conjugated polyelectrolyte to fluorescein-labeled DNA in aqueous media

Chemistry - An Asian Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 499-504

  Liu, Bin ^a   Bazan, Guillermo C ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromophores; DNA; Electron transfer; Fluorescence; FRET (fluorescence resonant energy transfer)

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTROLYTE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TETRAHYDROFURAN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTROLYTES; FLUORENES; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FURANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER;

EID: 34249844074     PISSN: 18614728     EISSN: 1861471X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asia.200600257     Document Type: Article

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