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ArticlePloS one2017

Förster resonance energy transfer: Role of diffusion of fluorophore orientation and separation in observed shifts of FRET efficiency.

Bram Wallace, Paul J Atzberger

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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2 authors.

Bram WallaceDepartment of Mathematics, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, United States of America.
Paul J AtzbergerDepartment of Mathematics, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, United States of America.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6806-8069

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a widely used single-molecule technique for measuring nanoscale distances from changes in the non-radiative transfer of energy between donor and acceptor fluorophores. For macromolecules and complexes this observed transfer efficiency is used to infer changes in molecular conformation under differing experimental conditions. However, sometimes shifts are observed in the FRET efficiency even when there is strong experimental evidence that the molecular conformational state is unchanged. We investigate ways in which such discrepancies can arise from kinetic effects. We show that significant shifts can arise from the interplay between excitation kinetics, orientation diffusion of fluorophores, separation diffusion of fluorophores, and non-emitting quenching.

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DiffusionFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferFluorescent DyesKineticsFluorescent Dyes

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PMID28542211
PMCPMC5438121

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