Ultrahigh-resolution optical trap with single-fluorophore sensitivity

Nature Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 335-340

  Comstock, Matthew J ^a   Ha, Taekjip ^a,b,c   Chemla, Yann R ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 79953292607     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1574     Document Type: Article

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