All-optical constant-force laser tweezers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1972-1980

  Nambiar, Rajalakshmi ^a   Gajraj, Arivalagan ^a   Meiners, Jens Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; DNA LAMBDA; ELECTRONICS; FORCE; LASER TWEEZER; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPTICS; PREDICTION; TENSION; TIME;

EID: 4444281043     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.037697     Document Type: Article

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