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Single molecule FRET

Membrane Fusion

Energy is transferred from one dye to the other When two vesicles fuse their contents mix and the dye dequenches

Recent Publications

2009

K. Weninger, "How do adhesion proteins stick?", Structure, 17, 1035 (2009) link

L.Wessels, K. Weninger, "Physical aspects of viral membrane fusion", TheScientificWorldJOURNAL, 9, 764 (2009) link

A. Brunger, K. Weninger, M. Bowen, S. Chu "Single-molecule studies of the neuronal SNARE fusion machinery", Annual Review of Biochemistry, 78, 903 (2009) link

W. Thongthai, K. Weninger, "Photoinactivation of Sindbis virus infectivity without inhibition of membrane fusion", Photochemistry and Photobiology, 85, 801 (2009) link

J.J. Sakon, G.J. Ribeill, J.M. Garguilo, J. Perkins, K.R. Weninger, R.J. Nemanich, "Fluorescence quenching effects of nanocrystalline diamond surfaces", Diamond and Related Materials, 18, 82 (2009) link

2008

K. Weninger, M. Bowen, U.B. Choi, A. Brunger, S. Chu, "Accessory proteins stabilize the acceptor complex for synaptobrevin, the 1:1 syntaxin/SNAP-25 complex", Structure, 16, 308 (2008) link or pdf

2007

L. Wessels, M.W. Elting, D. Scimeca, K. Weninger, "Rapid membrane fusion of individual virus particles w/supported lipid bilayers", Biophysical Journal, 93, 526 (2007) link or pdf

Y. Li, G. Augustine, K. Weninger, "Kinetics of complexin binding to the SNARE complex: correcting single molecule FRET measurements for hidden events", Biophysical Journal, 93, 2178 (2007) link or pdf

G. Wang, R. Hernandez, K. Weninger, D.T. Brown "Infection of cells by Sindbis virus at low temperature", Virology, 362, 461 (2007) link or pdf

2005

M. Bowen, K. Weninger, J. Ernst, S. Chu, A. Brunger, "Single-molecule studies of synaptotagmin and complexin binding to the SNARE complex", Biophysical Journal, 89, 690 (2005) link or pdf

2004

M. Bowen, K. Weninger, A. Brunger, S. Chu, "Single molecule observation of liposome - bilayer fusion thermally induced by SNAREs", Biophysical Journal, 87, 3569 (2004) link or pdf

2003

K. Weninger, M. Bowen, S. Chu, A. Brunger, "Single-molecule studies of SNARE complex assembly reveals parallel and antiparallel configurations", PNAS, 100, 14800 (2003) link or pdf

A publication from my older work

S. Putterman, K. Weninger, "Sonoluminescence: How bubbles turn sound into light", Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 32, 45 (2000) link or pdf

Complete List of Publications including older papers