Tension induces a base-paired overstretched DNA conformation

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

Volumn 109, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 15179-15184

  Bosaeus, Niklas ^a   El Sagheer, Afaf H ^b   Brown, Tom ^b   Smith, Steven B ^c   Åkerman, Björn ^a   Bustamante, Carlos ^c   Nordeń, Bengt ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA stretching; Elongated DNA; Mechanical properties of DNA; Mechanism of recombination; Single molecule

Indexed keywords

DNA BASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RAD51 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA HELIX; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECA GENE; TENSION;

BASE PAIRING; DNA; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GUANINE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; REC A RECOMBINASES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866544846     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213172109     Document Type: Article

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