High-resolution, single-molecule measurements of biomolecular motion

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 36, Issue , 2007, Pages 171-190

  Greenleaf, William J ^a   Woodside, Michael T ^b,c   Block, Steven M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFM; Fluorescence; Force clamp; Magnetic tweezers; Optical trap

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MACROMOLECULE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34347266453     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.36.101106.101451     Document Type: Review

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