Marcia Levitus

Publications

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.
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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.