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B23 Circular Dichroism
Status: Operational
Beamsize: 0.5mm² to 2mm x 4mm
Detector: PMT
Wavelength: 125 - 650 nm
Energy: 2 - 10 eV
Detector: PMT
Wavelength: 125 - 650 nm
Energy: 2 - 10 eV
User Publications
These papers are all based at least in part on data gathered on beamline B23. If you have published a paper based on data from B23 which doesn't appear here, please send a reference (ideally including a DOI) to us.
27 items found for 2020 [total: 374]
Natural optical activity as the origin of the large chiroptical properties in π-conjugated polymer thin films Nature Communications, 11 Dec 2020 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19951-y
Mapping the chiroptical properties of local domains in thin films of chiral silicon phthalocyanines by CD imaging Molecules, 25 Dec 2020 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25246048
Allosteric inhibition of human exonuclease1 (hExo1) through a novel extended β-sheet conformation Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta (bba) - General Subjects, 1864 Dec 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129730
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism
Transforming growth factor beta type 1 (TGF-β) and hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) transcription complex as master regulators of the immunosuppressive protein galectin-9 expression in human cancer and embryonic cells Aging, Dec 2020 DOI: 10.18632/aging.202343
Two helices from one chiral centre – self organization of disc shaped chiral nanoparticles Chemical Science, 8 Dec 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC05100D
Diamond B23 CD imaging of thin films of chiral materials or achiral polymers coated with chiral molecules Symmetry, 12 Nov 2020 DOI: 10.3390/sym12111847
Ligand-receptor interactions of galectin-9 and VISTA suppress human T lymphocyte cytotoxic activity Frontiers In Immunology, 11 Nov 2020 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.580557
Structure dynamics of ApoA-I amyloidogenic variants in small HDL increase their ability to mediate cholesterol efflux Journal Of Lipid Research, Nov 2020 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.RA120000920
Controlling protein nanocage assembly with hydrostatic pressure Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Nov 2020 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07285
Journal Paper B21-High Throughput SAXS B23-Circular Dichroism I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Solvent‐free liquid avidin as a step towards cold chain elimination Biotechnology And Bioengineering, Oct 2020 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27587
Journal Paper B21-High Throughput SAXS B23-Circular Dichroism I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction open access
Exploring conformational preferences of proteins: ionic liquid effects on the energy landscape of avidin Chemical Science, 5 Oct 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC04991C
Journal Paper B21-High Throughput SAXS B23-Circular Dichroism I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction open access
Chiroptical properties in thin films of π-conjugated systems Chemical Reviews, Sept 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00195
Chirality enhancement in macro-chiral liquid crystal nanoparticles Materials Horizons, 87 Sept 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0MH01274B
Photobleaching of chlorophyll in light-harvesting complex II increases in lipid environment Frontiers In Plant Science, 11 June 2020 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00849
Circular dichroism spectroscopy identifies the β-adrenoceptor agonist salbutamol as a direct inhibitor of tau filament formation in vitro Acs Chemical Neuroscience, June 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00154
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism
Revealing the complexity of ionic liquid–protein interactions through a multi-technique investigation Communications Chemistry, 3 May 2020 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-020-0302-5
Magnetically aligned membrane mimetics enabling comparable chiroptical and magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta (bba) - Biomembranes, May 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183343
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism
A thermo-responsive, self-assembling biointerface for on demand release of surface-immobilised proteins Biomaterials Science, 194 Apr 2020 DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01957J
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism
The secondary structure of a major wine protein is modified upon interaction with polyphenols Molecules, 25 Apr 2020 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25071646
Length-dependent electron spin polarization in oligopeptides and DNA The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, Apr 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c02291
Spectral tuning of light-harvesting complex II in the siphonous alga Bryopsis corticulans and its effect on energy transfer dynamics Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta (bba) - Bioenergetics, Mar 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148191
Influence of small molecules on the photo‐stability of water soluble porcine lens proteins Chirality, 366 Mar 2020 DOI: 10.1002/chir.23210
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism
Protein protein immobilization on gold nanoparticles: quantitative analysis Mar 2020 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0319-2_15
Book Chapter B23-Circular Dichroism
A porphyrin-DNA chiroptical molecular ruler with base pair resolution Frontiers In Chemistry, 8 Feb 2020 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00113
Application of circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopies to assess photostability of water-soluble porcine lens proteins Acs Omega, Feb 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b04234
Learning how breast cancer cells evade the immune system Feb 2020
Science Highlight B23-Circular Dichroism
Conformational flexibility of GRASPs and their constituent PDZ subdomains reveals structural basis of their promiscuous interactome The Febs Journal, 20 Jan 2020 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15206
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism
- Jessica Wade, James N. Hilfiker, Jochen R. Brandt, Letizia Liirò-Peluso, Li Wan, Xingyuan Shi, Francesco Salerno, Seán T. J. Ryan, Stefan Schöche, Oriol Arteaga, Tamas Javorfi, Giuliano Siligardi, Cheng Wang, David B. Amabilino, Peter H. Beton, Alasdair J. Campbell, Matthew J. Fuchter, "Natural optical activity as the origin of the large chiroptical properties in π-conjugated polymer thin films", Nature Communications, 11 (2020), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19951-y
- Dora-Maria Rasadean, Tiberiu-Marius Gianga, Tamas Javorfi, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi, G. Dan Pantos, "Mapping the chiroptical properties of local domains in thin films of chiral silicon phthalocyanines by CD imaging", Molecules, 25 (2020), DOI: 10.3390/molecules25246048
- Aminu Argungu Umar, Susan Liddell, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi, Gemma Harris, Stephen Carr, Karishma Asiani, Darren M. Gowers, Mark Odell, David J. Scott, "Allosteric inhibition of human exonuclease1 (hExo1) through a novel extended β-sheet conformation", Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta (bba) - General Subjects, 1864 (2020), DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129730
- Anette Teo Hansen Selnø, Stephanie Schlichtner, Inna M. Yasinska, Svetlana S. Sakhnevych, Walter Fiedler, Jasmin Wellbrock, Elena Klenova, Ludmila Pavlova, Bernhard F. Gibbs, Martin Degen, Isabelle Schnyder, Nijas Aliu, Steffen M. Berger, Elizaveta Fasler-Kan, Vadim V. Sumbayev, "Transforming growth factor beta type 1 (TGF-β) and hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) transcription complex as master regulators of the immunosuppressive protein galectin-9 expression in human cancer and embryonic cells", Aging (2020), DOI: 10.18632/aging.202343
- Huanan Yu, Wentao Qu, Feng Liu, Georg H. Mehl, "Two helices from one chiral centre – self organization of disc shaped chiral nanoparticles", Chemical Science, 8 (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0SC05100D
- Rohanah Hussain, Tamas Javorfi, Charlotte S. Hughes, Harini Sriram, Rajamani Lashminarayanan, Giuliano Siligardi, "Diamond B23 CD imaging of thin films of chiral materials or achiral polymers coated with chiral molecules", Symmetry, 12 (2020), DOI: 10.3390/sym12111847
- Inna M. Yasinska, N. Helge Meyer, Stephanie Schlichtner, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi, Maxwell Casely-Hayford, Walter Fiedler, Jasmin Wellbrock, Cloe Desmet, Luigi Calzolai, Luca Varani, Steffen M. Berger, Ulrike Raap, Bernhard F. Gibbs, Elizaveta Fasler-Kan, Vadim V. Sumbayev, "Ligand-receptor interactions of galectin-9 and VISTA suppress human T lymphocyte cytotoxic activity", Frontiers In Immunology, 11 (2020), DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.580557
- Oktawia Nilsson, Mikaela Lindvall, Laura Obici, Simon Ekström, Jens O. Lagerstedt, Rita Del Giudice, "Structure dynamics of ApoA-I amyloidogenic variants in small HDL increase their ability to mediate cholesterol efflux", Journal Of Lipid Research (2020), DOI: 10.1194/jlr.RA120000920
- Kristian Le Vay, Ben M. Carter, Daniel W. Watkins, T.-Y. Dora Tang, Valeska P. Ting, Helmut Cölfen, Robert P. Rambo, Andrew J. Smith, J. L. Ross Anderson, Adam W. Perriman, "Controlling protein nanocage assembly with hydrostatic pressure", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2020), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07285
- Liem Bui-Le, Alex P. S. Brogan, Jason P. Hallett, "Solvent‐free liquid avidin as a step towards cold chain elimination", Biotechnology And Bioengineering (2020), DOI: 10.1002/bit.27587
- Talia A. Shmool, Laura K. Martin, Coby J. Clarke, Liem Bui-Le, Karen M. Polizzi, Jason P. Hallett, "Exploring conformational preferences of proteins: ionic liquid effects on the energy landscape of avidin", Chemical Science, 5 (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0SC04991C
- Gianluigi Albano, Gennaro Pescitelli, Lorenzo Di Bari, "Chiroptical properties in thin films of π-conjugated systems", Chemical Reviews (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00195
- Huanan Yu, Chris Welch, Wentao Qu, Christopher J. Schubert, Feng Liu, Giuliano Siligardi, Georg H. Mehl, "Chirality enhancement in macro-chiral liquid crystal nanoparticles", Materials Horizons, 87 (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0MH01274B
- Monika Lingvay, Parveen Akhtar, Krisztina Sebők-Nagy, Tibor Páli, Petar H. Lambrev, "Photobleaching of chlorophyll in light-harvesting complex II increases in lipid environment", Frontiers In Plant Science, 11 (2020), DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00849
- David J. Townsend, Barbora Mala, Eleri Hughes, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi, Nigel J. Fullwood, David A. Middleton, "Circular dichroism spectroscopy identifies the β-adrenoceptor agonist salbutamol as a direct inhibitor of tau filament formation in vitro", Acs Chemical Neuroscience (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00154
- Liem Bui-Le, Coby J. Clarke, Andreas Brohl, Alex P. S. Brogan, James A. J. Arpino, Karen M. Polizzi, Jason P. Hallett, "Revealing the complexity of ionic liquid–protein interactions through a multi-technique investigation", Communications Chemistry, 3 (2020), DOI: 10.1038/s42004-020-0302-5
- Luke S. Evans, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi, Philip T. F. Williamson, "Magnetically aligned membrane mimetics enabling comparable chiroptical and magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies", Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta (bba) - Biomembranes (2020), DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183343
- Angela Saccardo, Mikhail Soloviev, Enrico Ferrari, "A thermo-responsive, self-assembling biointerface for on demand release of surface-immobilised proteins", Biomaterials Science, 194 (2020), DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01957J
- Mattia Di Gaspero, Paolo Ruzza, Rohanah Hussain, Claudia Honisch, Barbara Biondi, Giuliano Siligardi, Matteo Marangon, Andrea Curioni, Simone Vincenzi, "The secondary structure of a major wine protein is modified upon interaction with polyphenols", Molecules, 25 (2020), DOI: 10.3390/molecules25071646
- Suryakant Mishra, Amit Kumar Mondal, Shubhadeep Pal, Tapan Kumar Das, Eilam Z. B. Smolinsky, Giuliano Siligardi, Ron Naaman, "Length-dependent electron spin polarization in oligopeptides and DNA", The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c02291
- Parveen Akhtar, Pawel J. Nowakowski, Wenda Wang, Thanh Nhut Do, Songhao Zhao, Giuliano Siligardi, Gyozo Garab, Jian-Ren Shen, Howe-Siang Tan, Petar H. Lambrev, "Spectral tuning of light-harvesting complex II in the siphonous alga Bryopsis corticulans and its effect on energy transfer dynamics", Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta (bba) - Bioenergetics (2020), DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148191
- Claudia Honisch, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi, Paolo Ruzza, "Influence of small molecules on the photo‐stability of water soluble porcine lens proteins", Chirality, 366 (2020), DOI: 10.1002/chir.23210
- [Book Chapter] Enrico Ferrari, Mikhail Soloviev, Evan Decker, Chunsheng Bai, Lauren Nelless, "Protein protein immobilization on gold nanoparticles: quantitative analysis" (2020), DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0319-2_15
- Jonathan R. Burns, James W. Wood, Eugen Stulz, "A porphyrin-DNA chiroptical molecular ruler with base pair resolution", Frontiers In Chemistry, 8 (2020), DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00113
- Claudia Honisch, Viola Donadello, Rohanah Hussain, Daniele Peterle, Vincenzo De Filippis, Giorgio Arrigoni, Claudio Gatto, Laura Giurgola, Giuliano Siligardi, Paolo Ruzza, "Application of circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopies to assess photostability of water-soluble porcine lens proteins", Acs Omega (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b04234
- [Science Highlight] Diamond Light Source, "Learning how breast cancer cells evade the immune system" (2020)
- Luis Felipe S. Mendes, Mariana R. B. Batista, Peter J. Judge, Anthony Watts, Christina Redfield, Antonio J. Costa‐filho, "Conformational flexibility of GRASPs and their constituent PDZ subdomains reveals structural basis of their promiscuous interactome", The Febs Journal, 20 (2020), DOI: 10.1111/febs.15206
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