Fluorescence resonance energy transfer at the single-molecule level

T Ha, J Fei, S Schmid, NK Lee… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a powerful spectroscopic method for
measuring distances in the 2–8 nm range. Often, conformational changes and molecular …

The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein is dynamic, disordered, and phase separates with RNA

J Cubuk, JJ Alston, JJ Incicco, S Singh… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) protein is an abundant RNA-binding protein
critical for viral genome packaging, yet the molecular details that underlie this process are …

Nanometer resolution imaging and tracking of fluorescent molecules with minimal photon fluxes

F Balzarotti, Y Eilers, KC Gwosch, AH Gynnå… - Science, 2017 - science.org
We introduce MINFLUX, a concept for localizing photon emitters in space. By probing the
emitter with a local intensity minimum of excitation light, MINFLUX minimizes the …

Quantifying forster resonance energy transfer from single perovskite quantum dots to organic dyes

LG Feld, SC Boehme, V Morad, Y Sahin, CJ Kaul… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are promising regenerable photoredox catalysts offering
broadly tunable redox potentials along with high absorption coefficients. QDs have thus far …

Balanced protein–water interactions improve properties of disordered proteins and non-specific protein association

RB Best, W Zheng, J Mittal - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Some frequently encountered deficiencies in all-atom molecular simulations, such as
nonspecific protein–protein interactions being too strong, and unfolded or disordered states …

Understanding protein adsorption phenomena at solid surfaces

M Rabe, D Verdes, S Seeger - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2011 - Elsevier
Protein adsorption at solid surfaces plays a key role in many natural processes and has
therefore promoted a widespread interest in many research areas. Despite considerable …

Wetting transition from the Cassie–Baxter state to the Wenzel state on textured polymer surfaces

D Murakami, H **nai, A Takahara - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
The wetting transition from the Cassie–Baxter state to the Wenzel state on textured surfaces
was investigated. Nano-to microscale hexagonal pillared lattices were prepared by …

Protein folding and misfolding

CM Dobson - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
The manner in which a newly synthesized chain of amino acids transforms itself into a
perfectly folded protein depends both on the intrinsic properties of the amino-acid sequence …