Theory, analysis, and interpretation of single-molecule force spectroscopy experiments

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 41, 2008, Pages 15755-15760

  Dudko, Olga K ^a   Hummer, Gerhard ^a   Szabo, Attila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Nanopore unzipping kramers theory; Optical tweezers; Rupture force distribution

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOGRAM; KINETICS; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS;

DNA; HALF-LIFE; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOTION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 57349124448     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806085105     Document Type: Article

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