Protein-DNA chimeras for single molecule mechanical folding studies with the optical tweezers

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 729-738

  Cecconi, Ciro ^a,c   Shank, Elizabeth A ^a,d   Dahlquist, Frederick W ^b   Marqusee, Susan ^a   Bustamante, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA handles; Laser tweezers; Protein folding; Protein DNA chimeras; Single molecule mechanical manipulation

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DNA; MONOMER; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; RIBONUCLEASE H;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIMERA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MICROMANIPULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 45849099139     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-007-0247-y     Document Type: Article

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