Infinite average lifetime of an unstable bright state in the green fluorescent protein

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9 March 2005

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0503207

Abstract

The time evolution of the fluorescence intensity emitted by well-defined ensembles of Green Fluorescent Proteins has been studied by using a standard confocal microscope. In contrast with previous results obtained in single molecule experiments, the photo-bleaching of the ensemble is well described by a model based on Levy statistics. Moreover, this simple theoretical model allows us to obtain information about the energy-scales involved in the aging process.

Keywords

AGING
AVERAGE LIFETIME
BRIGHT STATE
ENSEMBLE
EVOLUTION
FLUORESCENCE
FLUORESCENT PROTEINS
GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN
INFINITE AVERAGE
UNSTABLE BRIGHT

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Version 1, 2005-03-09, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 95 (9), 090602.

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