Fluorescence resonance energy transfer studies on anthrax lethal toxin
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[13] Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
of the extent of binding. This effect (known informally as "Chip dip") is illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 which concern the ethidium bromide/tRNA system. 41 In this case the free ethidium bromide has a lifetime of 1.86 nsec and a rotational relaxation time of 0.54 nsec. On binding the PhetRNA Phe the lifetime increases to 26 nsec and the rotational relaxation increases to 136 nsec. A single rotati...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEBS Letters
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0014-5793
DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(03)00870-6