Molecular Threading: Mechanical Extraction, Stretching and Placement of DNA Molecules from a Liquid-Air Interface

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Payne, Andrew C ^a,b   Andregg, Michael ^b   Kemmish, Kent ^b   Hamalainen, Mark ^b   Bowell, Charlotte ^b   Bleloch, Andrew ^b   Klejwa, Nathan ^b   Lehrach, Wolfgang ^b   Schatz, Ken ^b   Stark, Heather ^b   Marblestone, Adam ^a   Church, George ^a,c   Own, Christopher S ^b   Andregg, William ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Halcyon Molecular   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AIR; ARTICLE; DNA DEPOSITION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA STRETCHING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIQUID; LIQUID AIR INTERFACE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR THREADING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AIR; DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84881172156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069058     Document Type: Article

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