Single molecule fluorescence of native and refolded peridinin-chlorophyll- protein complexes

Journal of Fluorescence

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 611-617

  Wörmke, Stephan ^a   MacKowski, Sebastian ^b   Schaller, Andreas ^a   Brotosudarmo, Tatas H P ^a   Johanning, Silke ^c   Scheer, Hugo ^a   Bräuchle, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Peridinin chlorophyll protein; Protein dynamics; Reconstitution; Single molecule spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

(PL) PROPERTIES; APPLIED (CO); BUSINESS MEDIA; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; EMBEDDED CHROMOPHORES; EXCITATION POWERS; FLUORESCENCE EMISSIONS; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY (FI); NATIVE SYSTEM; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); PERIDININ; PHOTO-INDUCED; PROTEIN COMPLEXES; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE; SINGLE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY (SMS); SPECTRAL CHANGES; SPRINGER (CO); TRIS BUFFER (0.5M , PH 7.5);

CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMOPHORES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; MONOMERS; OIL WELL PUMPS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER MATRIX; PORPHYRINS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FLUORESCENCE;

BUFFER; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PERIDININ; PERIDININ CHLOROPHYLL A PROTEIN, DINOPHYCEAE; PERIDININ CHLOROPHYLL-A PROTEIN, DINOPHYCEAE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SOLVENT;

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GENETICS; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BUFFERS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 46149095097     PISSN: 10530509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-008-0310-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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