Single-molecule force spectroscopy using the NanoTracker™ optical tweezers platform: From design to application

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 467-473

  Wozniak, A ^a   Van Mameren, J ^a   Ragona, S ^b  

^a JPK Instruments AG   (Germany)

^b Ragona Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Back focal plane interferometry; DNA elasticity; Dual beam; Force measurements; Hysteresis; Optical tweezers; Power spectrum calibration; Quadrant photodiode

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DNA;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA CONFORMATION; ELASTICITY; ILLUMINATION; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULE; NOISE REDUCTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SINGLE MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CALIBRATION; DNA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350459238     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920109788922164     Document Type: Article

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