Force spectroscopy with dual-trap optical tweezers: Molecular stiffness measurements and coupled fluctuations analysis

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1919-1928

  Ribezzi Crivellari, M ^a   Ritort, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CALIBRATION; DNA; ELASTICITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84868565776     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.09.022     Document Type: Article

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