Information bounds and optimal analysis of dynamic single molecule measurements

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 4015-4029

  Watkins, Lucas P ^a   Yang, Haw ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FISHER INFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACROMOLECULE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; OPTICAL SINGLE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTON;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 2942642588     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.037739     Document Type: Article

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