Biophysical characterization of DNA binding from single molecule force measurements

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-341

  Chaurasiya, Kathy R ^a   Paramanathan, Thayaparan ^a   McCauley, Micah J ^a   Williams, Mark C ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding; DNA melting; DNA replication; Force spectroscopy; Nucleic acid chaperones

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING; DNA MELTING; DNA REPLICATION; FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID CHAPERONES;

BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMOLECULES; DNA; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

GENES;

CHAPERONE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOPHYSICS; DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES;

EID: 77956060892     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2010.06.001     Document Type: Review

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