Manuela Dezi

Light-harvesting complex 1 stabilizes P+QB- charge separation in reaction centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

Functionality of photosynthetic reaction centers in polyelectrolyte multilayers: toward an herbicide biosensor.

Stabilization of charge separation and cardiolipin confinement in antenna-reaction center complexes purified from Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

Comparison of the fluorescence kinetics of detergent-solubilized and membrane-reconstituted LH2 complexes from Rps. acidophila and Rb. sphaeroides.

Protein-matrix coupling/uncoupling in "dry" systems of photosynthetic reaction center embedded in trehalose/sucrose: the origin of trehalose peculiarity.

Confinement of cardiolipin and ubiquinone in reaction-center core complexes purified from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

The multidrug resistance half-transporter ABCG2 is purified as a tetramer upon selective extraction from membranes.

AFM characterization of spin-coated multilayered dry lipid films prepared from aqueous vesicle suspensions.

Binding, reconstitution and 2D crystallization of membrane or soluble proteins onto functionalized lipid layer observed in situ by reflected light microscopy.

Transfer on hydrophobic substrates and AFM imaging of membrane proteins reconstituted in planar lipid bilayers.

Optimized purification of a heterodimeric ABC transporter in a highly stable form amenable to 2-D crystallization.

Detergent-mediated incorporation of transmembrane proteins in giant unilamellar vesicles with controlled physiological contents.