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Only theophylline yields an intensely fluorescent derivative under long-wavelength UV light when treated with chloramine T — sodium hydroxide reagent. The purine derivatives caffeine and theobromine investigated at the same time fluoresce very weakly or not at all. 

Remarkably, the polymer 38 showed fluorescent properties with an emission maxima at 545 nm and an efficiency of approximately 8% of that for -stilbene [109]. This is the first time fluorescence has been reported for a PPP. 

Redford, G. and Clegg, R. M. (2005). Real time fluorescence lifetime imaging and FRET using fast-gated image intensifiers. In Methods in... 

This problem is overcome by the Bio View sensor, which offers the possibility to monitor the whole spectral range simultaneously, and by using suitable data analysis and mathematical methods like chemometric regression models 11061. Real-time fluorescence measurement can be used more effectively comparing time-consuming off-line methods. Partial least squares (PLS) calibration models were developed for simultaneous on-line prediction of the cell dry mass concentration (Fig. 5), product concentration (Fig. 6), and metabolite concentrations (e. g., acetic acid, not shown) from 2D spectra. 

Aslanidis C, Schmitz G (1999) High-speed apolipoprotein E genotyping and apolipoprotein B3500 mutation detection using real-time fluorescence PCR and melting curves. Clin Chem 45 1094-1097... 

Sklar, L. A., Vilven, J., Lynam, E., Neldon, D., Bennett, T. A., and Prossnitz, E. (2000). Solubilization and display of G protein-coupled receptors on beads for real-time fluorescence and flow cytometric analysis. Biotechniques 28, 976-980, 982-985. Sklar, L. A., Edwards, B. S., Graves, S. W., Nolan, J. P., and Prossnitz, E. R. (2002). Flow cytometric analysis of ligand-receptor interactions and molecular assemblies. Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct. 31, 97—119. 

Mixing was characterized by an optical microscope with an epifluorescence attachment [160], A 10 4 M fluorescein solution in sodium phosphate buffer (10 mM, pH 7, with trace of methanol) was applied. A filter cube was used for fitting the excitation and emission characteristics, allowing selective passages of the radiation. A CCD digital camera collected real-time fluorescence images. 

A case of solvent-driven electronic relaxation has been observed [76] for [Re(Etpy)(CO)3(bpy)]+ in ionic liquids TRIR spectra have shown at early times a weak signal due to the II. state, in addition to much stronger bands of the 3MLCT state. Although no accurate kinetic data are available, the II. state converts to MI.CT with a rate that is commensurate with the solvent relaxation time. Fluorescence up-conversion provided an evidence [10] for population of an upper II. state in MeCN, which converts to CT with a much faster lifetime of 870 fs (Table 1). The solvent dynamic effect on the 3IL—>3CT internal conversion can be rationalized by different polarities of the II. and JCT states, Fig. 11. The solvent relaxation stabilizes the 3CT state relative to II., driving the conversion. 

In conclusion, the combination of localized and selective photoactivation of pa-GFP and 2PLSM allows the quantitative real-time fluorescence monitoring of dynamic intracellular processes in vivo that are of crucial importance for a deeper understanding... 

Table I. Excited-state rotational reorientation times, fluorescence lifetimes (ps), and initial values of the fluorescence anisotropy of I in several solvents at room temperature.

Figure 37-28 Finding the cycle number at which fluorescence rises above background. Real-time fluorescence data (F) from the amplification reaction are shown with the first (F ) and second (F ") derivatives.The maximum of the second derivative corresponds to a defined point on the real-time data where the curve starts to rise. (Modified with permission of the pubiisber from Wittwer CT, Kusukawa N. Real-time PCR. In Persing DH, Tenover FC,Versalovic J,TangYW, Unger ER, Reiman DA, White TJ (eds.), Molecular Microbiology Diagnostic Principles and Practice, Washington, DC ASM Press, 2004 71-84.)...

Lay MJ, Wittwer CT. Real-time fluorescence genotyp-mg of factor V Leiden during rapid-cycle PCR. Clin Chem 1997 43 2262-7. 

However, when the DAA label is excited, for example at U56 nm, the fluorescence intensity exhibited strongly cure dependent behavior. Fig. 1 shows such fluorescence spectra for DGEBA-DDS-DAA and DGEB-DDS-DAA respectively in the spectral range of U50 nm to 800 nm. In both epoxy matrices, at zero cure time, hardly any fluorescence is observed. But with increasing cure time, fluorescence Increases with a broad emission peak around 56O nm. At long cure times, the emission peak seems to have red-shifted slightly (by 5 10 nm). This small red shift is in sharp contrast to much... 

Palomares C, Torres Ml, Torres A, Aznar J, Palomares JC (2003) Rapid detection and identification of Staphylococcus aureus from blood culture specimens using real-time fluorescence PCR. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 45 183-189... 

For both la and lb, biexponential fluorescence decays provide evidence for the presence of two forms, even at low temperatures. At the same time, fluorescence remains depolarized. It implies that the rate of excited trans-trans conversion may be faster than that of the cis-trans reaction. In other words, simultaneous transfer of two hydrogen atoms is favored over a single hydrogen transfer process. 

Various spectroscopic techniques and probes have been used to investigate solubilization of probe molecules, mostly using UV/visible spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, ESR spectroscopy [64, 74, 217, 287] and NMR-spectro-scopy [367-369]. Fluorescence spectroscopy is particularly versatile [370], as various static and dynamic aspects can be covered by studying excitation and emission spectra, excimer or exciplex formation, quantum yields, quenching, fluorescence life-times, fluorescence depolarization, energy transfer etc. 

Z. Ignatova, L. Gierasch, Monitoring protein stability and aggregation in vivo by real-time fluorescent labeling, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sri. 2004, 101, 523-528. 

Todd AV, et al. DzyNA-PCR use of DNAzymes to detect and quantify nucleic acid sequences in a real-time fluorescent format. Clin Chem 2000 46 625-630. 

By analysing the photon data fluorescence decay curves and PCS curves are obtained. The decay curves of the individual detectors are obtained by building up the histograms of the micro times, fluorescence correlation curves of the individual detectors are obtained by correlating the macro times of the photons of these detectors. Cross-correlation curves are obtained by correlating the macro time of the photons of different detectors. The (unnormalised) autocorrelation function G( t) of an analog signal I(t) is... 

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