Interrogating biology with force: Single molecule high-resolution measurements with optical tweezers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1293-1303

  Capitanio, Marco ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGY; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; REVIEW; TIME;

BIOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884324555     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.08.007     Document Type: Review

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