Torsional sensing of small-molecule binding using magnetic tweezers

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 7122-7132

  Lipfert, Jan ^a   Klijnhout, Sven ^a   Dekker, Nynke H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGOCIDINE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; TOPOTECAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; DRUG DNA BINDING; DRUG DNA INTERACTION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FORCE; LIGAND BINDING; MAGNETISM; MECHANICAL TORSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DNA; ETHIDIUM; INTERCALATING AGENTS; MAGNETICS; NETROPSIN; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; ROTATION; TOPOISOMERASE I INHIBITORS; TOPOTECAN; TORSION, MECHANICAL;

EID: 78650326511     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq598     Document Type: Article

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