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1. B.W. van der Meer and G. Vertogen: Amolecular model for the cholesteric mesophase. Chapter 6 “The molecular physics of liquid crystals”, eds. GR Luckhurst and GW Gray, Academic Press, 1979 [45].[LINK]

2. B.W. van der Meer: Physical aspects of membrane fluidity, in “Physiology of membrane fluidity”, Vol.1, ed. M. Shinitsky, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, 1984 [9].[CONTENTS]

3. B.W. van der Meer: Biomembrane structure and dynamics viewed by fluorescence, in “Fluorescence Studies on Biological Membranes”, eds. J.R. Harris and H.J. Hilderson, Plenum Press, 1988[I5].[CONTENTS]

4. B.W. van der Meer, “Membrane fluidity”, more than one single parameter, Acta Pharmaceutica Jugoslavica 41:31 l-326, 1991 [I].[ABSTRACT]

5. B.W. van der Meer: Fluidity, dynamics and order, in “The Handbook of Biomembranes”, Vol.1, ed. M. Shinitzky, VCH Publishers Inc., Weinheim and New York, 1993 [5].[CONTENTS]

6. B.W. van der Meer and S.-Y. Chen: Two-photon excitation and anisotropy decays in membranes and oriented systems, in “Topics in FIuorescence Spectroscopy - Multiphoton phenomena in light quenching”, Volume 5, ed. J.R. Lakowicz, Plenum Press, New York, 1997.

7. B.W. van der Meer: Orientational aspects in pair energy transfer, in “Resonance Energy Transfer”, eds. D.L. Andrews and A.A. Demidov, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., London, 1999.

8. B.W. van der Meer: Kappa-squared: from nuisance to new sense, “Reviews in Molecular Biotechnology", ed. S. Diekmann, Volume 82, 181-196, 2002.[ABSTRACT]

1. B.W. van der Meer, G. Vertogen, A.J. Dekker and J.G.J. Ypma: A molecular-statistical theory of the temperature-dependent pitch in cholesteric liquid crystals. J. Chem. Phys. 65:3935-3943, 1976 [41].

2. B.W. van der Meer and G. Vertogen: Molecular biaxiality and temperature dependence of the cholesteric pitch. Phys. Lett. 59A: 279-281, 1976 [39].

3. G. Vertogen and B.W. van der Meer: Molecular statistical description of nematics in terms of the random-phase approximation. Phys. Rev. 19A: 370-374, 1979 [7].

4. B.W. van der Meer and G. Vertogen: An induced dipole model-of the smectic C phase. J. Physique Colloquia 40: C3: 222-227, 1979 [52].

5. B.W. van der Meer and G. Vertogen: Elastic constants as key for a molecular model of cholesterics. Phys. Lett. 71 A: 486-488, 1979 [18].

6. B.W. van der Meer: A molecular theory of the chiral smectic C phase. Phys. Lett. 74A: 237-250, 1979 [6].

7. G. Vertogen and B.W. van der Meer: A simple molecular statistical treatment of nematics. Physica 99A:237-250, 1979 [12] .

8. B.W. van der Meer and G. Vertogen: The helix inversion in cholesteric-nematic mixtures. Phys. Lett. 74A: 242-244, 1979 [2].

9. B.W. van der Meer and G. Vertogen: On the odd-even effect in the helix of non-sterol cholesterogens. Z. Naturforsch. 34a: 1359-I361, 1979 [10].

10. G. Vertogen, B.W. van der Meer and W.H. de Jeu (in Dutch): Smectische vloeibare kristallen. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde A 45: 170-174, 1979 [O].

11. W.J. Van Blitterswijk, R.P. Van Hoeven and B.W. van der Meer: Lipid structural order parameters (reciprocal of fluidity) in biomembranes derived from steady-state fluorescence depolarization measurements. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 644: 323-332, 1981 [455].

12. R.P.H. Kooyman, Y.K. Levine and B.W. van der Meer: Measurement of second and fourth rank order parameters by fluorescence polarization experiments in a lipid membrane system. Chem. Phys. 60: 317-326, 1981 [38].

13. B.W. van der Meer, R.P.H. Kooyman and Y.K. Levine: A theory of fluorescence depolarization in macroscopically oriented membrane system. Chem. Phys. 66: 39-50, 1982 [45].

14. B.W. van der Meer, F. Postma, A.J. Dekker and W.H. de Jeu: A simple model for the stiffness constants of nematic liquid crystals based on distributed harmonic forces between the molecules. Molec. Phys. 45: 1227-1243, 1982 [25].

15. H. Pottel, B.W. van der Meer and W. Herreman: Correlation between the order parameter and the steady-state fluorescence anisotropy of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene and an evaluation of membrane fluidity. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 730: 181-186, 1983 [96].

16. B.W. van der Meer, H. Pottel, M. Ameloot, H. Schroder, W. Herreman and H. Hendrickx: Effect of orientational order on the decay of the fluorescence anisotropy in membrane suspensions: A new approximate solution of the rotational diffusion equation. Biophysical J . 46: 515-523, 1984 [68].

17. M. Ameloot, H. Hendrickx, W. Herreman, H. Pottel, F. van Cauwelaert and B.W. van der Meer: Effect of orientational order on the decay of the fluorescence anisotropy in membrane suspensions: experimental verification on unilamellar vesicles and lipid/alpha-lactalbumin complexes. Biophysical J. 46: 523-539, 1984 [74].

18. D.O.E. Gebhardt, C.M. Van Gent, H. Van der Voort and B.W. van der Meer: An explanation of the low lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio of amniotic fluid in early pregnancy. Europ. J. Obstet. Reprod. Biol. 17: 383-386, 1984 [1].

19. P.L-G. Chong, B.W. van der Meer and T.E. Thompson: The effects of pressure and cholesterol on rotational motions of perylene in lipid bilayers. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 813: 253-265, 1985 [10].

20. H. Pottel, W. Herreman, B.W. van der Meer and M. Ameloot: On the significance of the fourth rank orientational order parameter of probe molecules in membranes. Chem. Phys. 102: 37-44, 1986 [19].

21. B.W. van der Meer, R.P. Van Hoeven and W.J. Van Blitterswijk: Steady-state fluorescence polarization data in membranes. Resolution into physical parameters by an extended Perrin equation for restricted rotation of fluorophores. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 854: 38-44, 1986 [65].

22. W.J. Van Blitterswijk, B.W. van der Meer, and H. Hilkmann: Quantitative contributions of cholesterol and the individual classes of phospholipids and their degree of fatty acyl (unsaturation) to membrane fluidity measured by fluorescence polarization. Biochemistry 26: 1746-1756, 1987 [101].

23. B.W. van der Meer, H. Pottel and W. Herreman: A new approach to polarized fluorescence using phase and modulation fluorometry. I. Theory with reference to hindered and anisotropic rotations. Eur. Biophys. J. 15: 35-45, 1987 [3].[ABSTRACT]

24. H. Pottel, B.W. van der Meer, W. Herreman and H. Depauw: A new approach to polarization studies using phase and modulation fluorometry. II. Experiments with 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene in lipid bilayers. Eur. Biophys. J. 15: 47-58, 1987 [2].

25. M. Levi, D.M. Jameson and B.W. van der Meer: Role of brush border membrane lipid composition and fluidity in impaired renal phosphate transport in the aged rat kidney. Am. J. of Physiology. 256: F85-94, 1989 [33].

26. B.W. van der Meer, R.D. Fugate and P.J. Sims: Complement proteins C5b-9 induce transbilayer migration of membrane phospholipids. Biophys. J. 56: 935-946, 1989 [10].

27. B.W. van der Meer: A modified Y-plot method, an Appendix to paper by Y.L. Kao, P.L.-G. Chong, and C.-H. Huang, Biophys. J. 58: 955, 1990 [O].

28. B.W. van der Meer, K.H. Cheng, and S.-Y. Chen: Effects of lateral diffusion on the fluorescence anisotropy in hexagonal lipid phases. I. Theory. Biophys. J. 58: 1517-1526, 1990 [3].

29. S.-Y. Chen, K.H. Cheng, B.W. van der Meer and J.M. Beechem: Effects of lateral diffusion on the fluorescence anisotropy in hexagonal lipid phases. II. An experimental study. Biophys. J. 58: 1527-1537, 1990 [8].

30. K.H. Cheng, S.-Y Chen, P. Butko, B.W. van der Meer and P. Somerharju: Intra-molecular excimer formation of pyrene-labeled lipids in lamellar and inverted hexagonal phases of lipid mictures containing unsaturated phosphatidylethalnolamine. Biophys. Chem. 39: 137-144, 1991 [7].

31. S.-Y Chen, K.H. Cheng, and B.W. van der Meer: Quantitation of lateral stress in lipid layer containing nonbilayer phase preferring lipids by frequency-domain fluorescence spectroscopy. Biochemistry 31: 3759-3768, 1992 [6].

32. B.W. van der Meer, M.A. Raymer, S.L. Wagoner, R.L. Hackney, J.M. Beechem and E. Gratton: Designing matrix models for fluorescence energy transfer between moving donors and acceptors. Biophys. J. 64: 1243-l 263, 1993 [4].[ABSTRACT]

33. S.-Y Chen, and B.W. van der Meer: Theory of two-photon induced fluorescence anisotropy decay in membranes. Biophys. J. 64: 1567-l 575, 1993 [3].

34. M.S. Barbakaris, T. Smith-Palmer, L.G. Bachas, S.-Y Chen, and B.W. van der Meer: Enhancement of the emission intensity of fluorophore-labeled avidin by biotin derivates. Evaluation of different fluorophores for improved sensitivity. Talanta. 40: 1139-l 145, 1993 [0].

35. D. Tang, S.-Y. Chen and B.W. van der Meer: Evidence for regular distributions of cholesterol in model membranes. Biophys. J. 68: 1944-1951, 1995 [l].

36. Xiao Qing Wang, Lin Song Li, B.W. van der Meer, Jian Jin:, Daxin Tang, Zeng Hui, Yuan-zong Li, and Tie Jin Li. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1544: 333-340, 2001.

37. Yu. S. Borivikov, L. V. Dedova, C. G. dos Remidios, N. N. Vikhoreva, P. G. Vikhorev, S. V. Avrova, T. L. Hazlett and B. W. Van Der Meer :Fluorescence Depolarization of Actin Filaments in Reconstructed Myofibers : The effect of S1 or pPDM-S1 on Movements of Distinct Areas of Actin. [PDF LINK]

1. B.W. van der Meer, J. Alletto, F.D. Bryant, M. Carini, L. Elliott, R. Gelderman, W. Mason, K. McDaniel, C. H. McGruder, Ill, C. Rinehart, R.T. Tyler, and L. Walker. Astrobiology as a tool for recruiting high school students into the sciences. Astrobiology, Proc. Int. Soc. Opt. Engin. (SPIE), 2000.

1. B.W. van der Meer, M. Ameloot, W. Herreman, H. Pottel and H. Schroder: General analysis of time resolved fluorescence anisotropy in model membranes. Biophysical J. 41: 213a, 1983.

2. M. Ameloot, B.W. van der Meer, H. Pottel, W. Herreman and H. Hendrickx: Determination of two order parameters from time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy measurements in membrane suspensions. Arch. Int. Physiol. Biochim. 93(3): BP13, BP1 4, 1983.

3. B.W. van der Meer: A modified Perrin equation for fluorescence polarization of fluorescent membrane probes: Biophysical J. 45: 362a, 1984.

4. P.L-G. Chong, B.W. van der Meer and T.E. Thompson: Rotational motions of perylene in lipid bilayers: pressure and cholesterol effects. Biophysical J. 47: 116a, 1985.

5. B.W. van der Meer, H. Pottel and W. Herreman: Correlation between steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy data, in APhysical methods on biological membranes and their model systems@, eds. F. Conti, W.E. Blumberg, J. de Gier and F. Pocchiari, Plenum Press, New York, 219-226, 1985.

6. M. Levi, D.M. Jameson, and B.W. van der Meer: Impairment of tubular reabsorption of phosphate by chronic hypercalcemia in the rat. Am. Soc. Nephrol. (18): 14A, 1985.

7. B.W. van der Meer, J. Marconi, P. Wilson, and M. Levi: Effects of aging on renal cortical brush border membrane enzyme activity and lipid composition. Am. Soc. Nephrol. (18): 211A, 1985.

8. D.L. Vander Meulen, B.W. van der Meer, V. Thomas and D.M. Jameson: Fluorescence depolarization of protein-dye conjugates. Excitation wavelength dependence of Perrin plots. Biophysical J. 49: 339a, 1986.

9. H. Pottel, B.W. van der Meer, and W. Herreman: Determination of the time-dependent fluorescence anisotropy using phase and modulation fluorometry: a new analysis procedure. Arch. Int. Physiol. Biochim. 94(4): BP10, BP11, 1986.

10. H. Pottel, W. Herreman, B.W. van der Meer and H. Depauw: Determination of the time-dependent fluorescence anisotropy using phase and modulation fluorometry: Experiments with 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene. Arch. Int. Physiol. Biochim. 94(4): BP12, BP13, 1986.

11. M. Levi, J. Marconi, P. Wilson, and B.W. van der Meer: Vitamin D-induced chronic hypercalcemia impairs tubular reabsorption of phosphate in the rat. Clin. Res. 34: 205A, 1986.

12. B.W. van der Meer, P. Wilson, J. Marconi, and M. Levi: Dietary Calcium loading enhances tubular reabsorption of phosphate in the rat. Clin. Res. 34: 229A, 1986.

13. M. Levi, P. Wilson, R. Van Der Meer, J. Marconi, and B.W. van der Meer: Alterations in urinary calcium excretion and cortical brush border membrane phospholipid composition and fluidity in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Clin. Res. 34: 481A, 1986.

14. M. Levi, J. Marconi, R. Van Der Meer, P. Wilson, and B.W. van der Meer: Effects of urinary calcium on tubular reabsorption of phosphate in the rat. Clin. Res. 34: 548A, 1986.

15. B.W. van der Meer, J. Marconi, P. Wilson, R. Van Der Meer and M. Levi: Mechanisms of impaired tubular reabsorption of phosphate in the aged rat. Clin. Res. 34: 611A, 1986.

16. M. Levi, S. Eisenberg, and B.W. van der Meer: Mechanisms of impaired tubular function in the aged rat kidney. The Gerontologist 26: 76A-77A, 1986.

17. M. Levi, J. Marconi, and B.W. van der Meer: The effects of chronic hypercalcemia on renal phosphate metabolism. Am. Soc. Nephrol. (19): 197A, 1986.

18. B.W. van der Meer-, R.D. Fugate, K.P. Tilford and P.J. Sims: Complement proteins C5b-9 induce transbilayer migration of membrane phospholipid. Bulletin Am. Phys. Soc. 32: 1423, 1987.

19. R. Uauy, B.W. van der Meer, J. Tyson and D. Jameson: Effect of dietary linolenic (omega-3) fatty acid on membrane fluidity of intact RBCs in VLBW neonates. Pediatric Research (21): 439A, 1987.

20. B.W. van der Meer: Fluorescence energy transfer as a spectroscopic goniometer. Biophys Journal 55: 251A, 1989.

21. B.W. van der Meer, K.H. Cheng, S.Y. Chen and J.M. Beechem: Effects of lateral diffusion on the fluorescence anisotropy in the hexagonal H phase. Biophys Journal 57: 479A, 1990.

22. S.Y. Chen, K.H. Cheng, B.W. van der Meer and J.M. Beechem: Time-resolved fluorescence study on the rotational dynamics of lipid lamellar and inverted hexagonal phases. Biophys Journal 57: 479A, 1990.

23. P. Butko, S.Y. Chen, K.H. Cheng, B.W. van der Meer and Pentti Somerharju: Inter- and intramolecular excimer formation of pyrene-labeled lipids in lamellar and inverted hexagonal phases. Biophys Journal 57: 485A, 1990.

24. B.W. van der Meer, M.A. Raymer, S.L. Wagoner and J.M. Beechem: Matrix approach to solving problems involving fluorescence energy transfer and diffusion. Biophysical J. 59: 362A, 1991.

25. B.W. van der Meer and P.L.-G. Chong: A model for the fluorescence anisotropy from disklike probes in membranes with hindered in-plane and out-of-plane rotations. Biophysical J. 59: 191A, 1991.

26. S.-Y. Chen, K.H. Cheng, and B.W. van der Meer: Molecular dynamics of lipid non-bilayer phases I. Intermolecular interactions. Biophysical J. 59: 505A, 1991.

27. L.-l. Liu, K.H. Cheng, S.-Y. Chen, B.W. van der Meer, and P. Somerharju: Molecular dynamics of lipid non-bilayer phases II. Intramolecular interactions. Biophysical J. 59: 505A, 1991.

28. B.W. van der Meer: Rotational jumping model for fluorescence anisotropy from rodlike probes in membranes. Biophysical J. 61: 181A, 1992.

29. S.-Y. Chen, K.H. Cheng, and B.W. van der Meer: Orientational dynamics of fully hydrated dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine and dioleoylphospha-tidylcholine. Biophysical J. 61: 375A, 1992.

30. B.W. van der Meer, M.A. Raymer, S.L. Wagoner, R.L. Hackney, J.M. Beechem and E. Gratton: Models for fluorescence energy transfer between moving donors and acceptors. Time-Resolved Laser Spectroscopy in Biochemistry 111, Proc. Int. Soc. Opt. Engin. (SPIE) 1640: 220-229, 1992.

31. S.-Y. Chen, and B.W. van der Meer: Theory of two-photon induced fluorescence anisotropy decay in macroscopically isotropic or oriented membrane systems. Biophysical J. 64: 219A, 1993.

32. B.W. van der Meer, and S.-Y. Chen: Time-resolved fluorescence energy transfer. Biophysical J. 64: 242A, 1993.

33. S.-Y. Chen and B.W. van der Meer: Fluorescence studies of heparin dynamics and activities on biomimetic membranes. Biophysical J. 66: A126, 1994.

34. B.W. van der Meer, S.-Y. Chen, and S.K. Boddeker: Alternatives for kappa-squared contour plots. Biophysical J. 66: A237, 1994.

35. D. Tang, B.W. van der Meer, and S.-Y. Chen: Evidence for regular distributions of cholesterol in lipid bilayers. Biophysical J. 68: A98, 1995.

36. B.W. van der Meer and S.-Y. Chen: Orientational exchange theory for fluorescence anisotropy from flat membrane probes. Biophysical J. 68: Al95, 1995.

37. D. Tang, S.-Y. Chen and B.W. van der Meer: Regular distributions of acyl chains in binary lipid systems. Biophysical J. 70: A440, 1996.

38. B.W. van der Meer, S.-Y. Chen and C.N. Animalu: Orientational exchange theory for fluorescence anisotropy. Biophysical J. 70: A261, 1996.

39. B.W. van der Meer: Maps for kappa-squared. Biophysical J. 72: A210, 1997.

40. S.M. Blackman, B.W. van der Meer, D.W. Piston and A.H. Beth: Resonance energy homotransfer in eosin-labeled band 3 in erythrocyte membranes demonstrated by time-resolved fluorescence and confocal microscopy. Biophysical J. 72: A200, 1997.

41. B.W. van der Meer: but assuming gives OK distance, why?. Biophysical J. 74: A220, 1998.

1. B.W. van der Meer: Molecular models for cholesteric and smectic liquid crystals. Ph.D. thesis, University of Groningen, 1979 [24].