Translating biomolecular recognition into nanomechanics

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5464, 2000, Pages 316-318

  Fritz, J ^a,b   Baller, M K ^a,b   Lang, H P ^a,b   Rothuizen, H ^a   Vettiger, P ^a   Meyer, E ^b   Guntherodt H J ^b   Gerber, Ch ^a   Gimzewski, J K ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NANOPARTICLE; PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; LIGAND BINDING; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; ELECTROSTATICS; GOATS; GOLD; HYDROGEN BONDING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGIONS; LIGANDS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; RABBITS; SILICON; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0034646725     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5464.316     Document Type: Article

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