1997 - 2000

Filiaci, M., & Nienhaus, G. U.
The Role of Entropy in the Discrimination between CO and O2 in Myoglobin
Eur. Biophys. J. 26 (1997)  209-214
[Abstract]

Angell, C. A., Ngai, K. L., Kieffer, J., Egami, T., & Nienhaus, G. U. (eds.)
Structure and Dynamics of Glasses and Glass Formers
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 455
MRS Publications, Pittsburgh PA  (1997)

Nienhaus, G. U., McMahon, B. H., Müller, J. D., & Wraight, C.
Protein Dynamics from Intramolecular Electron Transfer
in: Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 455, Structure and Dynamics of Glasses and Glass Formers
eds.: C. A. Angell, K. L. Ngai, J. Kieffer, T. Egami, & G. U. Nienhaus
MRS Publications, Pittsburgh PA (1997) 337-342

Nienhaus, G. U., Müller, J. D., McMahon, B. H., & Frauenfelder, H.
Exploring the Conformational Energy Landscape of Proteins
Physica D 107 (1997) 297-311
[Abstract]

McMahon, B. H., Müller, J. D., Wraight, C. A., & Nienhaus, G. U.
Electron Transfer and Protein Dynamics in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center
Biophys. J.  74 (1998) 2567-2587 
[Abstract]

Lamb, D. C., Prusakov, V., Engler, N., Ostermann, A., Schellenberg, P., Parak, F. G., & Nienhaus, G. U.
Photodissociation and Rebinding of H2O to Ferrous Sperm Whale Myoglobin
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120 (1998) 2981-2982
[Abstract]

Nienhaus, G. U., Chu, K., & Jesse, K.
Structural Heterogeneity and Ligand Binding in Carbonmonoxy Myoglobin Crystals at Cryogenic Temperatures
Biochemistry 37 (1998) 6819-6823
[Abstract]

Ormos, P., Szaraz, S., Cupane, A., & Nienhaus, G. U.
Structural Factors Controlling Ligand Binding to Myoglobin: A Kinetic Hole Burning Study
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95 (1998) 6762-6767
[Abstract]

Müller, J. D., McMahon, B. H., Chien, E. Y. T., Sligar, S. G., & Nienhaus, G. U.
Connection between the Taxonomic Substates and Protonation of Histidines 64 and 97 in Carbonmonoxy Myoglobin
Biophys. J. 77 (1999) 1036-1051
[Abstract]

Nienhaus, G. U.
Conformational Motions in the Rugged Energy Landscape of Proteins
in: AIP Conference Proceedings 487: Biological  Physics, Third International Symposium, Santa Fe, NM 1998
eds.: H. Frauenfelder, G. Hummer, & R. Garcia,  American Institute of  Physics, New York (1999) 99-116
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Nienhaus, G. U.
How Do We Explore the Energy Landscape for Function ?
in: Simplicity and Complexity in Proteins and Nucleic Acids
eds.: H. Frauenfelder, J. Deisenhofer and P. G. Wolynes
Dahlem Workshop Report, Dahlem University Press, Berlin (2000), pp. 39-57
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Moffat, K., Changeux, J.-P., Crothers, D. M., Grubmüller, H., Nienhaus, G. U., Palma, M. U., Parak, F. G., Schulten, K., & Warshel, A.
How does Complexity Lead to an Apparently Simple Function ?
in: Simplicity and Complexity in Proteins and Nucleic Acids
eds.: H. Frauenfelder, J. Deisenhofer and P. G. Wolynes,
Dahlem Workshop Report, Dahlem University Press, Berlin (2000) 255-280.
[Link]

Lamb, D. C. Schenk, A., Röcker, C., & Nienhaus, G. U.
Determining Chemical Rate Coefficients Using Time-gated Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
J. Phys. Org. Chem. 13 (2000), 654-658
[Abstract]

Lamb, D. C., Kriegl, J., Kastens, K., & Nienhaus, G. U.
Quantum-mechanical Tunneling of  Water in Heme Proteins
J. Phys. Org. Chem. 13 (2000), 659-663
[Abstract]

Ostermann, A., Waschipky, R., Parak, F. G., & Nienhaus G. U.
Ligand Binding and Conformational Motions in Myoglobin
Nature 404 (2000), 205-208
[Abstract]

Lamb, D. C., Schenk, A., Röcker, C., Scalfi-Happ, C., & Nienhaus, G. U.
Sensitivity Enhancement in Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy of Multiple Species Using Time-Gated Detection
Biophys. J. 79 (2000), 1129-1138
[Abstract]