Continuous wave Bruker EPR spectrometer is equipped with X-band (9GHz) microwave bridge and following resonators:
- rectangular TE102 with optical port or grid (interchangeable)
- cylindrical TM110 with the grid
- spherical SHQ (TE011)
- cylindrical SHQH TE011
- dielectric cylindrical TE011
- loop gap resonator
Selected publications of instrument use:
- Binder, BP, AR Thompson, and DD Thomas. 2019. Atomistic models from orientation and distance constraints using EPR of a bifunctional spin label. Biophys J 117:319-330.
- Savich, Y, BP Binder, AR Thompson, and DD Thomas. 2019. Myosin lever arm orientation in muscle determined with high angular resolution using bifunctional spin labels. J Gen Physiol 151 (8): 1007–1016.
- McCaffrey, JE, ZM James, B Svensson, BP Binder, and DD Thomas. 2016. A bifunctional spin label reports the structural topology of phospholamban in magnetically-aligned bicelles. J Magn Reson 262:50-56.
Acknowledgements
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Experiments reported in this paper were performed at the Biophysical Technology Center, University of Minnesota Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics.
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