Marcia Levitus

Publications

29- "Real-time monitoring of RAG-catalyzed DNA cleavage unveils dynamic changes in coding end association with the coding end complex".
Wang G., Dhar K., Swanson P.C., Levitus M, and Chang Y. Nucl. Acids Res. 2012. in press

28- "Probing the interaction between fluorophores and DNA nucleotides by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and fluorescence quenching".
Ranjit S., Levitus M Photochem. Photobiol. 2012. in press

27- "Photobleaching and Blinking of TAMRA Induced by Mn2+".
Stennett E.M.S., Kodis G, Levitus M ChemPhysChem 2012. 13,909-913

26- "Dynamics of Nucleosome Invasion by DNA Binding Proteins".
Tims H.S., Gurunathan K, Levitus M and Widom J. J. Mol. Biol. 2011. 411,430-448

25- "Cy3-DNA Stacking Interactions Strongly Depend on the Identity of the Terminal Basepair".
Spiriti J, Binder JK, Levitus M and van der Vaart A. Biophys. J. 2011. 100, 1049-1057.

24- "Cyanine dyes in biophysical research: the photophysics of polymethine fluorescent dyes in biomolecular environments".
Levitus M and Ranjit S. Q. Rev. Biophys. 2010. 44, 123-151.

23- "Relaxation Kinetics by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy: Determination of Kinetic Parameters in the Presence of Fluorescent Impurities".
Levitus M. J. Phys. Chem. Lett 2010. 1, 1346-1350.

22- "FRET Fluctuation Spectroscopy of Diffusing Biopolymers: Contributions of Conformational Dynamics and Translational Diffusion".
Gurunathan K, Levitus M. J. Phys. Chem. B 2010. 114, 980-986.

21- "Single-Molecule Fluorescence Studies of Nucleosome Dynamics".
Gurunathan K, Levitus M. Curr. Pharm. Bio. 2009. 10, 559-568. Hot Topic issue:Single-Molecule Workshop ASPEN 2009.

20- "DNA Sequence-Dependent Enhancement of Cy3 Fluorescence".
Harvey B.J., Perez C., Levitus M. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2009. 8, 1105-1110.

19- "Photophysics of Backbone Fluorescent DNA Modifications: Reducing Uncertainties in FRET".
Ranjit S., Gurunathan K., Levitus M. J. Phys. Chem. B 2009. 113, 7861-7866. (featured in cover).

18- "Nucleobase-Specific Enhancement of Cy3 Fluorescence".
Harvey B., Levitus M. J. Fluoresc. 2009. 19, 443-448.

17- "Applications of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy to the Study of Nucleic Acid Conformational Dynamics".
Gurunathan K., Levitus M. Prog. Nucleic Acid Res. Mol. Biol. 2008. 82, 33-69.

16- "Fluorescence Properties and Photophysics of the Sulfoindocyanine Cy3 Linked Covalently to DNA".
Sanborn M.E., Connolly B.K., Gurunathan K., Levitus M. J. Phys. Chem. B 2007. 111, 1064.

15- "Measuring conformational dynamics: A new FCS-FRET apprach".
Torres T, Levitus M. J. Phys. Chem. B 2007. 111, 7392.

14- "Rapid spontaneous accessibility of nucleosomal DNA".
Li G, Levitus M, Bustamante C, Widom J. Nature Struct. Mol. Bio. 2005. 12, 46.

13- "Fluorescence measurements on the E-coli DNA polymerase clamp loader: Implications for conformational changes during ATP and clamp binding".
Goedken ER, Levitus M, Johnson A, Bustamante C, O'Donnell M, Kuriyan J. J.Mol.Biol. 2004, 336, 1047.

12- "One step Pd(0)-catalyzed synthesis, X-Ray analysis, and photophysical properties of cyclopent[hi]aceanthrylene: fullerene-like properties in a non-alternant cyclopenta-fused aromatic hydrocarbon ".
Dang H, Levitus M, Garcia-Garibay MA. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 136.

11- "Photophysical properties of coplanar and twisted 1,4-Bis(9-athynylanthracenyl)benzene. Rotational equilibrium in the excited states of diarylalkynes".
Schmieder K., Levitus M, Dang H, Garcia-Garibay MA. J. Phys. Chem. A 2002, 106, 1551.

10- "Steps to demarcate the effects of chromophore aggregation and planarization in poly(phenyleneethynylene)s. 2. The photophysics of 1,4-diethynyl-2-fluorobenzene in solution and in crystals".
Levitus M, Zepeda G, Dang H, Godinez C, Khuong TAV, Schmieder K, Garcia-Garibay MA, J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 3188.

9- "Steps to demarcate the effects of chromophore aggregation and planarization in poly(phenyleneethynylene)s. 1. Rotationally interrupted conjugation in the excited states of 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene".
Levitus M, Schmieder K, Ricks H, Shimizu KD, Bunz UHF, Garcia-Garibay MA, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 4259.
A correction has been published

8- "Polarized Electronic Spectroscopy and Photophysical Properties of 9,10-Bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene".
Levitus M. and Garcia-Garibay M.A., J. Phys. Chem. A 2000, 104, 8632.

7- "Photophysical Properties of Hexapyrrolidine C60 Adducts with Th and D3 Symmetry: Protonation of Multiple Basic Sites".
Levitus M., Schick G., Lunkwitz R., Rubin Y., García-Garibay M.A., J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 1999, 127, 13.

6- "Unusual Luminescence of Hexapyrrolidine Derivatives of C60 with Th and Novel D3 Symmetry".
Schick G., Levitus M., Kvetko L., Johnson B.A., Lamparth I., Lunkwitz R., Ma B., Khan S.I., Garcia-Garibay M.A., Rubin Y., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 3246.

5- "Photochromism and Thermochromism of Phenanthrospirooxazine in Poly(alkylmethacrylates)"
Levitus M., Aramendía P.F., J. Phys. Chem. B, 1999, 103, 1864.

4- "Fluorescence Anisotropy of Dyes Included in Crosslinked Polystyrene".
Levitus M., Bourdelande J.L., Marqués G.,Aramendía P.F., J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 1999, 126, 77.

3- "Direct Measurement of the Dipole Moment of a Metastable Merocyanine by Electromechanical Interferometry".
Levitus M., Glasser G., Neher D., Aramendía P.F., Chem. Phys. Lett. 1997, 277, 118.

2- "A Novel Kinetic Model in Glassy Polymers. Spiropyran-Merocyanine System Revisited".
Levitus M., Talhavini M., Negri R.M., Dib Zambon Atvars T., Aramendía P.F., J. Phys. Chem. 1997,101, 7680.

1- "Rotational Relaxation of Carbocyanines. Comparative Study with the Isomerization Dynamics".
Levitus M., Negri R.M., Aramendía P.F., J. Phys. Chem. 1995, 99, 14231.