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Luminescence Resonance Energy Transfer to Study Conformational Changes in Membrane Proteins Expressed in Mammalian Cells
Published on: September 16, 2014
Modulating the efficiency of Ru(II) luminescence via ion binding-induced conformational restriction of bipyridyl
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, California 92093-0358, USA.
Abstract:
Conformational restriction imposed upon Ru(bpy)32+ crown ether complexes by metal ion binding leads to enhanced luminescence.
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