Single-molecule magnetic tweezer tests on DNA: Bounds on topoisomerase relaxation

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 464, Issue 2099, 2008, Pages 2811-2829

  Thompson, J Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic tweezers; Plectoneme mechanics; Single molecule experiments; Supercoiling of DNA; Topoisomerase

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DNA; GENES; HEALTH; MECHANICS; MOLECULES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPEED;

EFFECTIVE RADIUS; ELASTIC RODS; ENERGY BOUNDS; ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY RELAXATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM STATES; MAGNETIC TWEEZERS; PLECTONEME MECHANICS; SINGLE DNA MOLECULES; SINGLE MOLECULES; SINGLE-MOLECULE EXPERIMENTS; SUPERCOILING OF DNA; TOPOISOMERASE; TOPOISOMERASES;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

EID: 52949152472     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2008.0132     Document Type: Article

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