Magnetic tweezers: Micromanipulation and force measurement at the molecular level

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3314-3329

  Gosse, Charlie ^a,b   Croquette, Vincent ^a,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; MICROMANIPULATION; MONITORING; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE;

EID: 0036111913     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75672-5     Document Type: Article

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