A high-resolution magnetic tweezer for single-molecule measurements

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Kim, Kipom ^a   Saleh, Omar A ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; ILLUMINATION; IMAGING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC TWEEZER; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID IMMOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DNA; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 76149108779     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp725     Document Type: Article

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