Transition-path probability as a test of reaction-coordinate quality reveals DNA hairpin folding is a one-dimensional diffusive process

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1005-1010

  Neupane, Krishna ^a   Manuel, Ajay P ^a   Lambert, John ^a   Woodside, Michael T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

energy landscape; force spectroscopy; optical tweezers; reaction coordinate; reaction theory; transition state

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENERGY LANDSCAPE; FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION COORDINATES; REACTION THEORY; TRANSITION STATE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

DNA;

CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; INVERTED REPEAT; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHASE TRANSITION; PROBABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

DIFFUSION; DNA; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHASE TRANSITION; PROBABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84925261006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00176     Document Type: Article

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