Relaxation kinetics by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy: Determination of kinetic parameters in the presence of fluorescent impurities

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1346-1350

  Levitus, Marcia ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical Chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE FLUCTUATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTISUBUNIT COMPLEXES; RELAXATION KINETICS; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77952061020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100231v     Document Type: Article

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