Optical methods to study protein-DNA interactions in vitro and in living cells at the single-molecule level

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 3961-3992

  Monico, Carina ^a   Capitanio, Marco ^a,b   Belcastro, Gionata ^a   Vanzi, Francesco ^a,b   Pavone, Francesco S ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^d International Center of Computational Neurophotonics   (Italy)

Author keywords

Combining single molecule fluorescence and optical trapping; DNA curtains; Facilitated diffusion; In vivo transcription factors dynamics; Magnetic tweezers; Optical tweezers; Protein DNA interactions; Single molecule imaging; Single molecule techniques; Tethered particle motion

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BOUND FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA DENATURATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METABOLISM; DNA PACKAGING; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA SUPERCOILING; DUAL OPTICAL TWEEZER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; TETHERED PARTICLE MOTION ASSAY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRAFAST FORCE CLAMP SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84875090408     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms14023961     Document Type: Review

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