Single-molecule manipulation of double-stranded DNA using optical tweezers: Interaction studies of DNA with RecA and YOYO-1

Cytometry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 200-208

  Bennink, Martin L ^a   Schärer, Orlando D ^b   Kanaar, Roland ^b   Sakata Sogawa, Kumiko ^c   Schins, Juleon M ^a   Kanger, Johannes S ^a   De Grooth, Bart G ^a   Greve, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Binding kinetics; DNA; Fluorescent imaging; Optical tweezers; RecA; Single molecule manipulation; YOYO 1

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BENZOXAZOLES; DNA, VIRAL; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; KINETICS; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OPTICS; QUINOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; REC A RECOMBINASES;

EID: 0345552211     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990701)36:3<200::AID-CYTO9>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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