Single molecule mechanical manipulation for studying biological properties of proteins, DNA, and sugars

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 211-229

  Scholl, Zackary N ^a   Li, Qing ^b   Marszalek, Piotr E ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMOLECULES; DNA; ELASTICITY; MOLECULES; SUGARS;

BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MECHANICAL MANIPULATION; MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS; MECHANICAL UNFOLDING; SINGLE MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE-STRANDED DNA;

PROTEINS;

ANKYRIN; BIOPOLYMER; CARBOHYDRATE; CONNECTIN; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FILAMIN; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NANOMATERIAL; PADGEM PROTEIN; POLYPROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; THIOREDOXIN; VIRUS DNA;

ALPHA HELIX; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PACKAGING; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ELASTICITY; ENZYME KINETICS; FORCE; MECHANOENZYMATICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN REFOLDING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; REVIEW; SINGLE MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROMANIPULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

CARBOHYDRATES; DNA; ELASTIC MODULUS; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84898538836     PISSN: 19395116     EISSN: 19390041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1253     Document Type: Review

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