Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in phospholipids affect the physical properties of
membranes, but it is unclear which biological processes are influenced by their regulation …

The quantum yield of a fluorophore is reduced when two or more identical fluorophores are
in close proximity to each other. The study of protein folding or particle aggregation is can be …

The quantitative excited energy transfer reaction between cationic porphyrins on an anionic
clay surface was successfully achieved. The efficiency reached up to ca. 100% owing to the …

Multiple (or multivalent) interaction is the key in many biological systems. One of the most
important (photo-) chemical reactions, photosynthesis, is driven by regularly aligned …

Daptomycin is a lipopeptide antibiotic that kills Gram-positive bacteria by membrane
depolarization. While it has long been assumed that the mode of action of daptomycin …

The heptad repeat 1 and 2 (HR1, HR2) regions in the spike protein of SARS-CoV 2 play a
key role in the fusogenic mechanism of the virus with the host cell. During the fusion process …

Historically, poly (amidoamine)(PAMAM) dendrimers were the first macromolecular
structures reported to exhibit “non-traditional intrinsic luminescence”(NTIL) properties …

Saponite-type clays that have different cation exchange capacities were successfully
synthesized by hydrothermal synthesis. The structure and properties were analyzed by X-ray …

For detection of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI< 0.01 ng/mL), signal amplification
was attained using a rapid immunosensor with a fluorescently-labeled, polymeric detection …

When polypeptides bind to the membrane surface, they become confined to a restricted
quasi-two-dimensional space where peptide–peptide interactions become highly relevant …