A survey of single-molecule techniques in chemical biology

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-61

  Cornish, Peter V ^a   Ha, Taekjip ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MYOSIN VI; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL GENETICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE TRANSLOCATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 33947517676     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb600342a     Document Type: Review

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