Tying a molecular knot with optical tweezers

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6735, 1999, Pages 446-448

  Arai, Yasuharu ^a,b   Yasuda, Ryohei ^a,b   Akashi, Ken Ichirou ^a   Harada, Yoshie ^a,b   Miyata, Hidetake ^a,d   Kinosita Jr , Kazuhiko ^a,b   Itoh, Hiroyasu ^b,c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; POLYMER;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; DNA CONFORMATION; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DNA, VIRAL; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPTICS; PLIABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RABBITS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033519644     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20894     Document Type: Article

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