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Recent Publications
Shirke, Sonali, Takhistov, Pavlo, & Ludescher, Richard D. (2005) “Molecular Mobility in Amorphous Maltose and Maltitol from Phosphorescence of Erythrosin B.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, accepted for publication.
Lukasik, Kristine V. & Ludescher, Richard D. (2005) “Effect of Plasticizer on Dynamic Site Heterogeneity in Cold-Cast Gelatin Films.” Food Hydrocolloids, accepted for publication.
Lukasik, Kristine V. & Ludescher, Richard D. (2005) “Molecular Mobility in Water and Glycerol Plasticized Cold and Hot-Cast Gelatin Films.” Food Hydrocolloids, in press.
Pravinata, Linda C., You, Yumin, & Ludescher, Richard D. (2005) “Erythrosin B Phosphorescence Monitors Molecular Mobility and Dynamic Site Heterogeneity in Amorphous Sucrose.” Biophysical Journal 88, 3551-3561.
Simon-Lukasik, Kristine V. & Ludescher, Richard D. (2004) “Erythrosin B Phosphorescence as a Probe of Oxygen Diffusion in Amorphous Gelatin Films.” Food Hydrocolloids 18, 621-630.
Abels, Jeffrey P. & Ludescher, Richard D. (2003) “Native Fluorescence from Juvenile Stages of Common Food Storage Insects.” Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 51, 544-549.
Simon-Lukasik, Kristine V., Persikov, Anton V., Brodsky, Barbara, Ramshaw, John A. M., Laws, William R., Ross, J. B. Alexander, & Ludescher, Richard D. (2003) “Fluorescence Determination of Tryptophan Side Chain Accessibility and Dynamics in Triple-Helical Collagen-Like Peptides.” Biophysical Journal 84, 501-508.
Ludescher, Richard D. (2003) “Phosphorescence Spectroscopy as a Probe of the Glassy State in Amorphous Solids.” In Characterization of Cereals and Flours: Properties, Analysis and Applications (G. Kaletunc & K. Breslauer, Editors), pp. 437-472. Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY.
Li, Jie, Chikindas, Michael L., Ludescher Richard D., & Montville, Thomas J. (2002) “Temperature and Surfactant Induced Membrane Modifications that Alter Listeria monocytogenes Nisin Sensitivity by Different Mechanisms.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68, 5904-5910.
Del Federico, Eleonora, Diver, Steven, Konaklieva, Monika, & Ludescher, Richard D. (2002) “As Light Meets Matter: Art Under Scrutiny. A Dilemma Case Study.” Journal of College Science Teaching 32, 12-19.
Lee, Seung-Cheol, Yuk, Hyun-Gyun, Lee, Dong-Hoon, Lee, Kyun-Eun, Hwang, Yong-Il & Ludescher, Richard D. (2002) “Stabilization of Retinol through Incorporation into Liposomes.” Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 35, 358-363.
Ludescher, Richard D., Shah, Naina K., McCaul, Colin P., & Simon, Kristine V. (2001) “Beyond Tg: Optical Luminescence Measurements of Molecular Mobility in Amorphous Solid Foods.” Food Hydrocolloids 15, 331-339.
Kapanidis, Achillefs N., Ebright, Yon W., Ludescher, Richard D., Chan, Shirley, & Ebright, Richard H. (2001) “Mean DNA Bend Angle and Distribution of DNA Bend Angles in the CAP-DNA Complex in Solution.” Journal of Molecular Biology 312, 453-468.
Rebello, Conrad A. & Ludescher, Richard D. (1999) “Differential Dynamic Behavior of Actin Filaments Containing Tightly-Bound Ca+2 or Mg+2 in the Presence of Myosin Heads Actively Hydrolyzing ATP.” Biochemistry 38, 13288-13295.
Chandy, Iype K., Lo, Jun-Chi, & Ludescher, Richard D. (1999) “Differential Mobility of Skeletal and Cardiac Tropomyosin on the Surface of F-actin.” Biochemistry 38, 9286-9294.
McCaul, Colin P. & Ludescher, Richard D. (1999) “Room Temperature Phosphorescence from Tryptophan and Halogenated Tryptophan Analogs in Amorphous Sucrose.” Photochemistry and Photobiology 70, 166-171.
Zeller, Bary L., Saleeb, Fouad Z., & Ludescher, Richard D. (1999) “Trends in Development of Porous Carbohydrate Food Ingredients for Use in Flavor Encapsulation.” Trends in Food Science & Technology 9, 389-394.
Rebello, Conrad A. & Ludescher, Richard D. (1998) “Influence of Tightly Bound Mg+2 and Ca+2, Nucleotides, and Phalloidin on the Microsecond Torsional Flexibility of F-actin.” Biochemistry 37, 14529-14538.
Chen, Yuhuan, Ludescher, Richard D., & Montville, Thomas J. (1998) “ Influence of Lipid Composition on Pediocin PA-1 Binding to Phospholipid Vesicles.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64, 3530-3532.
Rajan, Shyamala S., Denhardt, David T., Lackland, Henry, & Ludescher, Richard D. (1998) “Analysis of the Conformational Stability of the Active Domain of Recombinant Mouse TIMP-1 by Intrinsic Fluorescence.” Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 242, 303-309.
Chen, Yuhuan, Ludescher, Richard D., & Montville, Thomas J. (1997) “Electrostatic Interactions, but not the YGNGV Consensus Motif, Govern the Binding of Pediocin PA-1 and its Fragments to Phospholipid Vesicles.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology 63, 4770-4777.
Winkowski, Karen, Ludescher, Richard D., & Montville, Thomas J. (1996) "Physicochemical Characterization of the Nisin-Membrane Interaction with Liposomes Derived from Listeria monocytogenes." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 62, 323-327.
Ludescher, Richard D. (1996) "Physical and Chemical Properties of Amino Acids and Proteins." In Food Proteins: Properties and Characterization (S. Nakai & H. W. Modler, Editors), pp. 23-70. VCH Publishing, Inc., NY.
Montville, Thomas J., Winkowski, Karen, & Ludescher, Richard D. (1995) "Models and Mechanisms for Bacteriocin Action and Application." International Dairy Journal 5, 797-814.
Shah, Naina K. & Ludescher, Richard D. (1995) "Phosphorescence Probes of the Glassy State in Amorphous Sucrose." Biotechnology Progress 11, 540-544.
Strasburg, Gale & Ludescher, Richard D. (1995) "Theory and Applications of Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Food Research." Trends in Food Science and Technology 6(3), 69-75.