Unraveling the structure of DNA during overstretching by using multicolor, single-molecule fluorescence imaging

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

Volumn 106, Issue 43, 2009, Pages 18231-18236

  Van Mameren, Joost ^a,d   Gross, Peter ^a   Farge, Geraldine ^a   Hooijman, Pleuni ^a   Modesti, Mauro ^b   Falkenberg, Maria ^c   Wuite, Gijs J L ^a   Peterman, Erwin J G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d JPK Instruments AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA melting; Fluorescence microscopy; Optical trapping; Single molecule techniques; Single stranded DNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA DENATURATION; DNA OVERSTRETCHING; DNA STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; IMAGING; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

DNA; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70849086477     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0904322106     Document Type: Article

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