Simultaneous, coincident optical trapping and single-molecule fluorescence

Nature Methods

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-139

  Lang, Matthew J ^a,b   Fordyce, Polly M ^a   Fordyce, Anita M ^a   Neuman, Keir C ^a   Block, Steven M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY; STIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

DNA; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 17444366080     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15487105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth714     Document Type: Article

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