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Experimental Methods in Spin-Label Spectral Analysis

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Spin Labeling

Part of the book series: Biological Magnetic Resonance ((BIMR,volume 8))

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This chapter is concerned with the use of nitroxide ESR spectra to study the dynamics of spin-labeled molecules. The rotational motion and orientational molecular order can be determined from the dynamic and static effects of the hyperfine and g-value anisotropies, respectively, of the free radical. The translational motion and molecular collisions can be determined from the spin-spin interactions which occur between radicals when the spin-label concentration is increased.

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  1. Department of Spectroscopy, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, D-3400, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

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Marsh, D. (1989). Experimental Methods in Spin-Label Spectral Analysis. In: Berliner, L.J., Reuben, J. (eds) Spin Labeling. Biological Magnetic Resonance, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0743-3_5

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